Olympics Countdown and Olympic Tickets

During the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, the Olympic Flag was formally handed over from the Mayor of Beijing to the Mayor of London. This was followed by a section highlighting London, One month later, the Olympic and Paralympics flags were raised outside the London City Hall.

A countdown clock in Trafalgar Square was unveiled, 500 days before the games. The same location hosted one of a number of events to mark a year before the games.  Olympic Tickets are easily available on Sport Ticket Exchange. Sport Ticket Exchange offers you Olympic Tickets for all sports and events. You buy Olympic Tickets and also can Sell OlympicTickets at Sport Ticket Exchange. Purchase Olympic Tickets from Sport Ticket Exchange at favorable rates.

Sports at Olympic Games 2012

The 2012 Summer Olympic program features 26 sports and a total of 39 disciplines. The 2012 Paralympics Games program has 20 sports and 21 disciplines. For the first time, a woman’s boxing in included in the program, with 40 athletes competing in five different weight classes. There is a special dispensation to allow the various shooting events to go ahead, which would otherwise be illegal under U.K. gun law.

London's bid featured 28 sports, in line with other recent Summer Olympics, but the IOC voted to drop baseball and softball from the 2012 Games two days after it selected London as the host city. The IOC reinforced its decision to drop both sports during the 2006 Winter Olympics after they lost votes for reconsideration and were scheduled for the last time at Beijing in 2008.

 Following the decision to drop the two sports, the IOC held a vote on whether or not to replace them. The sports considered were karate, squash, golf, roller sports and rugby sevens. Karate and squash were the two final nominees, but neither received enough votes to reach the required two-thirds majority. The IOC has given the approval for the addition of golf and rugby sevens for the 2016 games. You can buy Olympic Tickets and also can Sell Olympic Tickets at Sport Ticket Exchange. Purchase Olympic Tickets from Sport Ticket Exchange at favorable rates. Sport Ticket Exchange is also offering handsome returns for Olympic Tickets Resale.

Opening Ceremony of Olympics 2012

The Opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics will be called 'The Isles of Wonder’. Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle will be the artistic director for the spectacular opening ceremony.

It was confirmed in February 2012 that Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh will officially open the games at the opening ceremony. A short film starring Daniel Craig as secret agent James Bond will be screened during the television coverage of the ceremony.

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Tourism and the 2012 Olympic Games

The 2012 Games Park near Stratford is attracting new tourists to the area. The upgraded Greenway cycle and walking path provides an ideal viewing point for the park while the site remains closed to the public. Daily public walking tours are being conducted alongside the 2012 site led by qualified Blue Badge tourist guides. The guided walks which leave from Bromley-by-Bow tube station at 11 am are attended by over 1000 people each month. They are run by guides who are specifically trained to talk about the 2012 Games and the history and traditions of the local area.

In 2010, Blue Badge Guides led 220 visits from colleges and schools to the 2012 Games site and nearby Olympic venues. During summer they guided over 1000 new visitors and tourists a day around East London’s 2012 sites. In 2011, a new initiative to bring tourists and visitors into the area will involve a public waterbus ‘hop-on hop-off’ route, from Lime house Basin to waterways near the Olympic Park.

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Merchandise for Olympics 2012

On 21 July 2009 the LOCOG announced that Hornby Plc had won the license to develop and market a range associated with the Games. The license allowed the company to sell products across its Corgi, Hornby, Scalextric and Air fix brands. Air fix will have kits for all of the main venues, including a 1:500 scale Olympic Stadium. The centre piece of the Scalextric collection will be a cycling Velodrome set. The collection was launched by British cyclist Lizzie Armitstead in Hamleys toy store in June 2011, Hornby staggered the release of the collection with the Scalextric velodrome released in September. In March 2011 the LOCOG commissioned and published a series of training guides. The merchandise was sold online and in five shops known as "The London 2012 Shop," in London Heathrow Airport, London Stansted Airport, St Pancras International Station and Paddington Station and in John Lewis on Oxford Street. In addition Addidas sold its London 2012 range in its flagship store on Oxford Street and selective Next stores sold their 2012 range. Sainsbury’s as Official sponsors of the Paralympics also sold merchandise within their stores. 

As with other Olympics since 1952, the Royal Mint will strike a set of commemorative one-kilogram gold and silver coins. Olympic Tickets are easily available on Sport Ticket Exchange. Sport Ticket Exchange offers you Olympic Tickets for all sports and events. You buy Olympic Tickets and also can Sell Olympic Tickets at Sport Ticket Exchange. Purchase Olympic Tickets from Sport Ticket Exchange at favorable rates.

Stamps for Olympic 2012

In August 2009 the Royal Mail commissioned artists and illustrators to create 30 stamps which were released in batches of 10 during 2009 to 2011. The 30 stamps symbolize that the Games take place during the 30th Olympiad. Each stamp featured an Olympic or Paralympics sport and in addition had the London 2012 logo on each stamp.

The Royal Mail had initially approached photographers to be included as well but this was abandoned as the photos would have to be of dead people as the only living person allowed to feature on stamps in the United Kingdom is the Queen. Stamps with an Olympic theme go back to the very first games in Athens 1890; when the organizers commissioned the sale of stamps in order to balance the books and construct the last four venues. When London first held the Games in 1908 no stamps were commissioned. On that occasion and for the 1912 are the only time when stamps were not issued. When London last held the Games in 1948, just four stamps were issued. On 22 July 2011 the last of the 30 stamps were released.

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