I've been hearing from friends, reading news articles and the basic buzz seems to be the ticket prices are way out of control. Below is a brief clip from an email from my brother...


"So I got my time slot for purchasing Olympics tickets… Man are they expensive! Nothing less than $100, and most things $300 or so. Decision made: sorry, we’ll skip the LA games. I wasn’t even slightly tempted. I mean, $1100 for Track and Field. We went to the final night in Paris where multiple gold medals were awarded and paid about €300 each. And they were excellent seats!"