Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games 2018 News

[heywoodu 15,135]

Maybe South Koreans are a little like Americans, buying their tickets on the day before or the day of the event instead of months in advance  

 

Oh well, I doubt the Koreans will give two fucks about cross-country skiing so I'm still hopeful I might be able to get tickets for that in January when I know whether or not I want to go to the Olympics. 

[phelps 7,674]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Maybe South Koreans are a little like Americans, buying their tickets on the day before or the day of the event instead of months in advance  

 

Oh well, I doubt the Koreans will give two fucks about cross-country skiing so I'm still hopeful I might be able to get tickets for that in January when I know whether or not I want to go to the Olympics. 

 

don't worry...South Koreans are only going to buy some tickets for those events where they are supposed to win medals...

they won't spend a cent on events where's no strong participation of their athletes...

and with the political situation going on up North of the border, I guess that very few "Western" people are going to fly to Pyeongchang...

so, I guess that, if the Olympics will really go on stage in february in South Korea (and I'm not sure we can take it for granted right now), we will see many events contested in front of just the athletes' relatives (or maybe not even them)...

[dcro 10,210]

It's very similar to Daegu 2011. For some reason Koreans like to organize the events that don't interest their people.

Edited August 31, 2017 by dcro

[heywoodu 15,135]

1 hour ago, phelps said:

 

don't worry...South Koreans are only going to buy some tickets for those events where they are supposed to win medals...

they won't spend a cent on events where's no strong participation of their athletes...

and with the political situation going on up North of the border, I guess that very few "Western" people are going to fly to Pyeongchang...

so, I guess that, if the Olympics will really go on stage in february in South Korea (and I'm not sure we can take it for granted right now), we will see many events contested in front of just the athletes' relatives (or maybe not even them)...

Sounds like if I'm going (which would mean my best friend is participating) I'm going to have to bring some Brazilian flags to make it all look a bit more exotic  

 

Maybe bring some air horns and stuff and hand them out to people around me  

Edited August 31, 2017 by heywoodu

[ahjfcshfghb 287]

49 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Sounds like if I'm going (which would mean my best friend is participating) I'm going to have to bring some Brazilian flags to make it all look a bit more exotic  

 

Maybe bring some air horns and stuff and hand them out to people around me  

I might be going as well! If we meet, definitely at the Women's 10km. I'll try getting a Brazilian flag...

[intoronto 5,638]

South Koreans do everything last minute. So give it time. Also Toronto 2015 had sold similar amount of tickets at 5 months to go but it was the best attended Pan Am Games ever. Give it time, and it will work.

[dcro 10,210]

I wonder what was the ticket sale percentage 5 months before Rio? If I remember well, there were also assurances that Brazilians will buy more tickets later, but we ended up with a lot of empty stadiums.

[heywoodu 15,135]

2 hours ago, ahjfcshfghb said:

I might be going as well! If we meet, definitely at the Women's 10km. I'll try getting a Brazilian flag...

Wonderful plan!  

 

If Bruna qualifies, I guess she can only compete in the 10k and sprint, so the rest doesn't matter as much for me. If she doesn't qualify, I'll definitely stay home  

[hckošice 14,822]

well, it´s hard to buy for example a hockey ticket, when fans still don´t know when their team will play..as there absolutely not a single mention ANYWHERE when they are supposed to FINALLY create this tournament schedule...

[dcro 10,210]

24 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

If Bruna qualifies, I guess she can only compete in the 10k and sprint, so the rest doesn't matter as much for me. If she doesn't qualify, I'll definitely stay home  

 

It's 10k OR sprint, actually.

Edited August 31, 2017 by dcro