Anyone been to any Olympic events?......

[ELVIS68]

If so, do you need ID with the tickets?

[Smowball]

YesI have, and no you dont - just your ticket.

[Duncer]

Same with the football, just your ticket, and the patience of a saint for the searches.

[ELVIS68]

When the tickets first came out there was all this talk about not being able to sell them on because of your name being printed on them.

Not that I wish to sell mine but I wouldn't mind swapping them for another event

[bednobs]

crumbs i hope not - i got rid of mine weeks ago, and the event is today, and i doubt very very much the person who has them will be able to produce id to say they are me. Also, what would happen in the case of a person who applied for tickets for their family (because they could do email or had visa)

[FredPuli43]

There is no name printed on the ticket, just a barcode and a 'chip' like the one on a debit card, but the Conditions summarized on the back only prohibit the resale of the ticket. They do not demand that only the buyer use it. That would be inconvenient for families, annoying, pretty unenforceable in practice, and serve no purpose of benefit to the organisers.

[ELVIS68]

You're wrong Fred, my name is printed on my tickets halfway up on the left hand side, mine are for the wrestling at the excel

[Smowball]

We have three lots of tickets, for 3 different venues and out names arent on any of them.

[funnygirl]

You are all lucky you managed to get tickets.
I was disappointed every time I tried.

[Smowball]

You can still get tickets funnygirl - they are releasing some daily for these empty VIP seats.

[Duncer]

I paid cash for my ticket at Hampden and they still insisted on asking for my name. I asked why and was told "For security". I would have argued further but it was a young guy who didn't make the rules in the first place. My name, (actually my mother's maiden name) was printed on the ticket, proving the utter uselessness of this exercise.

I had a similar experience at Ibrox about a year ago and the reason given then was the ubiquitous catch-all of health and safety. I asked him to expand on this and was told it was "In case there was a fire or something". Presumably, in the event of fire, they will have time to do a roll-call of 49,000 people?

[FredPuli43]

Oh yes, Elvis, so it is. But you still don't need i.d. I have not been asked for it, nor has anyone else within my view. That the ticket is said to be non-transferable has to be read with not being sold. Otherwise, only the buyer of the ticket would be allowed untrammelled entry; even their spouse or partner would not get in and a friend in their group of four, that being the limit on tickets bought under one name, would be barred.

The name on the ticket, particularly when it's not easy to see (!) helps in detecting those who are touts or who buy from touts. Asked suddenly from whom they got the ticket and what the name was, they almost certainly won't be able to give any correct particular. A friend or relative would be able to give the right answers.

[funnygirl]

I will try and get tickets again. I would love to go to the tennis.

[ELVIS68]

Mine are for freestyle wrestling, does Team GB have anyone in this or will it be an evening of Greeks and Turks rolling around on a mat?