Web site swamped for tickets to 2010 Olympics
With more than 100,000 set to go on sale, some having trouble buying them
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updated 3:35 p.m. ET Nov. 7, 2009
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.
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