Olympic Tickets Less Than 50% Sold

[Annie]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1278173,00.html

With a week to go before the official opening of the Olympics, the games' organisers and the Greek government were yesterday praying for an improvement in ticket sales, as figures showed that more than half of the 5.3m total have yet to be sold.
After months of international concern over whether the Greeks would be ready, it appears the main venues have been completed on time, and the real concern is whether there will be any spectators in them.

The poor turnout for the biggest games in the history of the Olympics - 202 countries will participate - has raised the spectre of some 10,500 athletes competing before almost empty venues.

The Guardian says that all the construction has been completed and can't understand why the tickets aren't selling. Perhaps they should read the other papers in the UK?

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