Tickets for Athletics, Swimming, Football at Wembley, Volleyball, Table Tennis and Boxing sessions will go on sale at a range of prices. Tickets for the Ceremonies start at £995.  Tickets for the other sports range from £20 to £720 across 96 sessions.  In total more than  43,000 contingency tickets  will go on sale on Friday.

Tickets will go on sale at www.tickets.london2012.com and will be available on a first come, first served basis.  In recognition of Visa’s longstanding support of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, only Visa (debit, credit and prepaid) can be used to purchase tickets.  Fans can sign up to be notified about additional tickets going on sale for the sports they are interested in. Sign up at www.tickets.london2012.com

LOCOG has also confirmed that over 8 million tickets have been sold across both Games.  There are still approximately 3 million tickets remaining across both Games including Olympic Football, Paralympic and remaining contingency tickets.

LOCOG Commercial Director Chris Townsend said, ‘With 50 days to go there are still plenty of ways to join in and be part of London 2012.  We are at advance stages of venue planning and these represent the final release of Ceremonies and other sport tickets tickets.  Over the next few weeks we will release further tickets for other Olympic sports and keep people informed when tickets are available.  We are delighted with ticket sales to date, and have sold another 1 million tickets in the last four weeks, prioritising people who were unsuccessful last time around.'

London 2012 tickets sold so far:

7m Olympic tickets sold
1.25m Paralympic tickets sold
8.25 million tickets sold

London 2012 tickets remaining for sale:
1.25m Olympic Football
550,000 Olympic tickets
1.2m Paralympic
3 million tickets to sell

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About Lloyds TSB
Lloyds TSB is proud to partner the London 2012 ticketing programme and is supporting communities all over Britain on their journey to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.  To find out more about its London 2012 programmes visit Lloydstsb.com/London2012
For further information please contact the London 2012 Press Office on +44 (0)203 2012 100 or visit the website at www.london2012.com.

Find out the latest from London 2012 on http://www.london2012.com, follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/london2012 or download the Offical London 2012 Join In app.

The Official London 2012 Join In app is a free mobile guide to help you plan, enjoy and share your Games experience. From the Olympic Torch Relay to the Olympics and Paralympics, the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, plus all the cultural, city and community celebrations happening across the UK, the Official London 2012 Join In App is your essential companion. It is available now at app stores and at http://www.london2012.com/mobileapps/


London 2012 Games partners:
The Worldwide Olympic Partners who support the London 2012 Olympic Games and the National Olympic Committees around the world are Coca-Cola, Acer, Atos, Dow, GE, McDonald’s, Omega, Panasonic, Procter and Gamble, Samsung and Visa.
LOCOG has seven domestic Tier One Partners - adidas, BMW, BP, British Airways, BT, EDF and Lloyds TSB. There are seven domestic Tier Two Supporters – Adecco, ArcelorMittal, Cadbury, Cisco, Deloitte, Thomas Cook and UPS. There are now twenty-eight domestic Tier Three Suppliers and Providers – Aggreko, Airwave, Atkins, Boston Consulting Group, CBS Outdoor, Crystal CG, Eurostar, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, G4S, GSK, Gymnova, Heathrow Airport, Heineken UK, Holiday Inn, John Lewis, McCann Worldgroup, Mondo, NATURE VALLEY, Next, Nielsen, Populous, Rapiscan Systems, Rio Tinto, Technogym, Thames Water, Ticketmaster, Trebor and Westfield.
There is one domestic Tier One Paralympic Games-only Partner, Sainsbury’s and two domestic Tier Three Paralympic Games-only Suppliers, Otto Bock and Panasonic. The London 2012 Paralympic Games also acknowledges the support of the National Lottery.



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