Heading to London to see Geno, Dee, Sue, Tina et al.

[MilfordHusky]

I just committed on Saturday--plane tickets for the Olympics and game tickets to both women's basketball semi-finals. I'm trying to decide if I want to splurge on the $480 finals ticket.

Anyone else going?

I plan to do some amount of in-person reporting as long as I can get WiFi and don't spill a pint of ale on my iPad.

 

[pap49cba]

You'll be visiting one weird stadium....

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

I just committed on Saturday--plane tickets for the Olympics and game tickets to both women's basketball semi-finals. I'm trying to decide if I want to splurge on the $480 finals ticket.

Anyone else going?

I plan to do some amount of in-person reporting as long as I can get WiFi and don't spill a pint of ale on my iPad.

That is so neat, really...

 

[MilfordHusky]

You'll be visiting one weird stadium....

Yeah. The early rounds are at the basketball arena. Interestingly, the last rounds are at the North Greenwich arena, which I think was called the Millenium Dome or something like that.

 

[ThisJustIn]

There's a really, really slim chance that I could end up there... how are you getting tickets?

 

[MilfordHusky]

There's a really, really slim chance that I could end up there... how are you getting tickets?

The only way I know of, short of a scalper, is at https://www.cosport.com/.

As I understand it, there was a pre-sell to folks in Europe in early 2011. It may have been a lottery.

Tickets for other nations went on sale on December 7. Regrettably, I missed that. CoSport has the contract for the U.S. and a handful of other nations. When I looked at their website about a month ago, I found only 3 sports and basketball was not one of them. I got an email about 2 weeks ago saying that more tickets were available, so I bought them on the website last Saturday. They are pricey--the details show that they are getting an exchange rate of 1.8 or worse (the market is at about 1.6 now) and they add $20-40 per ticket handling charge. (The Olympics is a big money-making venture for some.) Early rounds are about $120-180. The semis are about $200--per game. The finals start at $480.

My son was in London last week and was unable to find any tickets whatsoever there.

I think the UConn Alumni Association had some deal with packages, but I didn't need airfare or hotel. Do you have any contacts with USA Basketball?

I hope you can make it there. Send me a message if you have any questions.