BREAKING NEWS: Shocking new pics from Athens.
 

lol. So true.

lol

Yeah I was noticing a lot of empty seats earlier.. I bet thats the last time Greece gets the Olympics for a while. :2 cents:

seriously, you guys think the greek olympics will be remembered as the games without audience?

heh heh

They're still sore at the Romans.

greek style ??

It won't be like that in china ;)

:1orglaugh

... you'll get shot if you don't attend.

It definitely is disapointing for the athletes and everyone in general. I remember when we had the olympics in 2000 even the minnow soccer games filled 40,000 stadiums.

hahah great and funny pic.

People don't respect culture and history

I'll still remember the sydney olympics in a 1000 years, the games should be hosted there forever.

You'll be dead!
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lol... Nah they have more support and pride. :)

Were they not giving out free tickets to help fill the stands?

The Greeks are just disappointed the athletes aren't competing in the nude like they used to... :1orglaugh

:1orglaugh gotta love the red guard

Why do you think it's a poor turn out? Because Greece isn't a nice destination? It has more to do with Bush and Co. and their terror alert propaganda bullshit that has the world paranoid. Nice going W.

WTF? I suppose the way over priced tickets have nothing to do with it?

I wish the womens volleyball team competed in the nude

I didn't think it was that bad..

the Olympics suck.

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More tickets have been sold than in Barcelona and Seoul (close to 3mil). This pic is not taken during the olympics and yes there are still many empty spaces. Certain sports don't get the attention of people. Tickets are not overpriced. At least for me they look very cheap. Gymnastics is the only exception of expensive tickets and some of the finals.

On Saturday I went to watch australia vs p.rico at 9 in the morning and then serbia vs spain. All tickets were sold and costed 15euro for both games (so that's about 8euro/game). I didn't manage to find a ticket for beach volley, the rest basketball games of greece and weightlifting. I know I can find tickets for badminton, baseball, softball, shooting and archery but i don't like them and this seems to apply for the rest. Overall I would say more tickets were sold than expected after the bs media propaganda for over a year that possible Al Queda will hit Athens, security is not good and avenues won't be ready.

Korea had no audience, when people noticed they filled the stands with the army and school children

Greeks are proud...even if the seats are not full.

:thumbsup :thumbsup

the # of tickets sold are displayed with a day delay

for the 21st

http://www.athens2004.com/en/LatestN...2b130c0a ____

78% of the overall tickets were sold on saturday which is a working day for shops and many corps.

wow it's a full house at the olympics...

If you've ever been in Athens in August, you'd know why there are so many empty seats LOL

good one

it's fuuuucking hot over there

exactly....everybody except the workaholics are out on the islands ;)

i guess they don't have much option there :1orglaugh

do you guys think it has something to do with all the terrorist shit thats been going on... or nobody gives a fuck about the olympics

The truth is that you usually see the action much better on TV. You lose the grandeur of the event, but you make it up by being comfortable and not spending $400 to watch 4 hours of mostly crappy prelims followed by one exciting final.

For the past 2 years, the medias have been talking about the security measures and how the terrorist would srike the olympic games.. That didn't help... :1orglaugh

I am sure the climate, terrorist fears, and some sports not being as popular have caused less than full attendances at some events! :2 cents: