This is one of the final posts on the Beijing Olympics Blog – the experiment is coming to an end, and to be honest, since getting back from China Bob has found it hard to summon up the time and enthusiasm to keep posting. To sign off it’s time to review the Beijing Olympics and [...]
Archive for the ‘Tickets’ Category
Lessons for London from the Beijing Olympics
Posted in Beijing, Censorship, Culture, Legacy, London 2012, Preparation, Public expectation, Tickets, tagged 2012, 2012 olympics, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, London 2012, london olympics on 1 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
Chasing the Gold Rush Around Beijing
Posted in Athletes, Beijing, Censorship, Media, The Games, Tickets, Track and Field, World Records, tagged 2008 Olympics, 400m, Beijing Olympics, bmx, bradly wiggins, british gold medals, chris hoy, christine ohuruogu, cycling, germain mason, laoshan, olympics, shanaze reade, victoria pendleton on 22 August 2008 | 1 Comment »
As the rain poured down in Beijing on Thursday it seemed like a good opportunity to stay in and catch up on some blogging – unfortunately Bob’s internet connection disagreed, and would not allow this post. Trying again now, on Friday. It has been difficult to fit in posts, around ticket-hunting, sport-watching, exploring Beijing and [...]
Kicking Off in Shanghai
Posted in Athletes, Beijing, The Games, Tickets, tagged 2008 Olympics, Beijing Olympics, belgium, football, haka, new zealand, olympic football, shanghai stadium on 15 August 2008 | 1 Comment »
Bob’s Olympic experience kicked off on Wednesday at the football qualifiers in Shanghai. The game could hardly be described as thrilling – New Zealand lost 1-0 to Belgium in a match so one-sided that the Belgians appeared to miss opportunities out of embarrassment for their opponents more than inability. The highlight for the smattering of [...]
Mystery of the Missing Olympic Tickets
Posted in Public expectation, Sponsors, The Games, Tickets, tagged Beijing Olympics, BOCOG, empty seats, olympic orgnaisers, olympic tickets on 13 August 2008 | 7 Comments »
The familiar site of a huge sporting event with empty seats has struck again in Beijing it seems. Many of the lower profile events – despite being completely sold out! – have failed to draw a full crowd.
This is really upsetting for fans, particularly those who have not been able to purchase tickets legitimately, but [...]
Chinese Visas – Tougher To Gain Than Olympic Medals?
Posted in Athletes, Beijing, Media, Tickets, tagged china visa, china visa update, chinese visa, f visa, visa on 4 June 2008 | 2 Comments »
In recent weeks there has been a lot of confusion and discussion about the rules for applying for a Chinese
visa. Although few public announcements have been made, more and more stories have emerged from people having difficulty in getting hold of a visa. In particular (short stay working) ‘F’ visas have been tough to come [...]
Ceremony rehearsal plans announced
Posted in Environment, Preparation, The Games, Tickets, tagged artificial mitigation of rains, Beijing Olympics, opening ceremony, steven spielberg, zhang yimou on 10 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
Where will you be on 10th July? If you are in Beijing and you call by the National Olympic Stadium you may catch the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games. Only the rehearsal mind, the dates of which have been announced today.
The announcements do not reveal whether creative director Zhang Yimou or collaborator Steven [...]
Tickets…
Posted in The Games, Tickets, tagged Beijing, beijing 2008, olympics, Tickets on 3 December 2007 | 2 Comments »
Though this site is not intended as a travel guide for those visiting the Olympics (we do not claim to be the highest authority in such matters) efforts will be made to include as much detail on tickets, how they’re being distributed, and how possible it is to attain them. Already this sounds like a [...]
