Skip navigation
Site powered by
Latest news:
msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines: Violence widens ahead of Greek austerity vote

Web site swamped for tickets to 2010 Olympics

With more than 100,000 set to go on sale, some having trouble buying them

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - An overwhelming demand for Olympic tickets appears to have swamped the Web site for the Vancouver Games.

Tickets were to go on sale Saturday morning, but ticket buyers could only get a message saying the link appears to be broken. More than 100,000 tickets to the 2010 Winter Games were to go on sale.

Anyone attempting to call the 1-800 Olympic phone number for help was getting a busy signal.

The tickets were for all events in the Vancouver area, including gold-medal hockey and the opening and closing ceremonies.

About 1.6 million tickets overall are being sold, and organizers are making sure 70 percent of those go to the public.

© 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

advertisement
Special feature
Athletes and celebs hook up
Slideshow: The stars linked to Olympians and others in sports.

NBCSports.com

Slideshow
2010 Olympic Winter Games
  Who's hot on Twitter?
Check out which of your favorite athletes have the best pages and most followers!

NBCSports.com