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Old 04-13-26 | 06:40 AM
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skidder
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No, not buying during this initial sale to Los Angeles 'locals'. If they discount them closer to the actual dates of the Games I might buy some. I was here in 1984 and the prices were high back then for the prime events. We were just going to watch what was on TV but they discounted a lot of unsold tickets to minor events at the last minute by up to 50%; better to get "butts in the seats" at some revenue than empty seats. We got in for some of the wrestling, volleyball, badminton (meh). We also went to some of the 1st week's track & field, when they have some qualifier races for countries that didn't have anyone eligible by time/distance to get into the main T&F competition the second week. The events I remember were the 100m, 800m, 5000m, long jump, triple jump, shot put & discus. They use those folks to fill out empty spots in the preliminary races of the 'big dance' in the second week. Also went down to Mission Viejo to see the m & w bicycle road races (multiple laps on a 10 mile loop course), easy to get around it on an MTB and the big hill on the course wasn't too far from the start/finish.
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