Top price ticket for London Olympics: 2012 pounds

Top price ticket for London Olympics: 2012 pounds

Published Oct. 16, 2010 4:37 a.m. ET

The top-priced ticket for the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics will be 2012 pounds ($3,220).

Organizers announced the full range of ticket prices Friday for all 26 sports on the Olympic program.

The cheapest ticket for the opening ceremony will be 20.12 pounds ($32,20), while the most expensive seat for the men's 100-meters final will be 725 pounds ($1,160.

London organizing committee chief executive Paul Deighton says an extra 800,000 tickets will go on sale to the public in March, taking the total to 8.8 million.

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Deighton says the ticket prices present ''real value.''

Each ticket includes a free travel card worth 7.50 pounds ($12).

Organizers are trying to raise about 440 million ($704 million) from ticket sales.

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