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 eagle184  Sutton 12 Aug 16 11.25pm |
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Don't know if anyone else has noticed but every arena, stadium, event in Rio seem to be half empty. Something has to be wrong, I remember how hard it was to get tickets for London and every event was packed.
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ASCPFC  Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 12 Aug 16 11.28pm |
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Originally posted by eagle184
Don't know if anyone else has noticed but every arena, stadium, event in Rio seem to be half empty. Something has to be wrong, I remember how hard it was to get tickets for London and every event was packed. We are being given the sanitised version of the games but there is a lot of unrest over the price of hosting the Olympics, the price of tickets and the general poverty of the average person in Brazil.
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Palace_Guard  Kyiv 13 Aug 16 5.11am |
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not to mention all the media attacks
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Pussay Patrol  15 Aug 16 12.29pm |
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ungrateful tossers should embrace it
Paua oouaarancì Irà chiyeah Ishé galé ma ba oo ah |
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| ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 15 Aug 16 12.33pm |
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How much were tickets to the 100 metre final and how much does the average Brazilian earn? There are some fit and poor birds there, to completely change the subject.
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| Stuk Top half 15 Aug 16 3.57pm |
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The tickets for locals are too expensive, and they charge tourists even more. Their security is so slow that ticket holders are getting into venues much later than they'd planned to. They don't care for many sports in the Olympics other than football, volleyball and basketball and aren't having unexpected successes elsewhere which generates a spike in interest/sales.
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| Pete53 Hassocks 15 Aug 16 5.09pm |
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It will be interesting to see how much support is given to the Paralympics by the Brazilian public. I fear it will be very little.
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| ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 15 Aug 16 5.18pm |
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Originally posted by Pete53
It will be interesting to see how much support is given to the Paralympics by the Brazilian public. I fear it will be very little. The advert on the tele is mad - do they really strap people to wheelchairs and see how far they can fly? It just seems crazy - where do they land? I could look it up I guess but I know that General talk always comes up with better answers.
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| Stuk Top half 15 Aug 16 5.18pm |
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Originally posted by Pete53
It will be interesting to see how much support is given to the Paralympics by the Brazilian public. I fear it will be very little. They're not bad at it so they might turn up. The Football events, volleyball and swimming are their best hopes. Can see the athletics looking sparse in a stadium that large though.
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| Pete53 Hassocks 17 Aug 16 4.15pm |
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I am watching the early session of athletics at the moment and there is a paltry attendance. Edited by Pete53 (17 Aug 2016 4.16pm)
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| Stuk Top half 17 Aug 16 4.17pm |
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Originally posted by Pete53
I am watching the early session of athletics at the moment and there is a paltry attendance. The Irish Olympic Chief has got them all. Funny that he fell ill after being arrested by the police. Edited by Stuk (17 Aug 2016 4.18pm)
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regal_eagle  somewhere 17 Aug 16 4.25pm |
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Brazilians don't like Sport, they like winning. This is obvious when most people competing against a Brazilian get booed. A load of the boxing results have been farcical with Putin's mate IOC President Thomas Bach present at fights where the Russians have got highly questionable unanimous decisions for their fighters. Here's one boxer calling him out:
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