Last Tuesday, the 2012 Olympic Games schedule was released online to the public. There are over 640 events in 26 sports taking place in and around the city of London, with the opening event being a women's soccer game in Wales. The game will be 2 days before the opening ceremony and lighting of the flame. I think it's awesome that the Olympic Games are not only opening up with the sport of soccer but womens soccer. Soccer is the most popular sport worldwide and is finally starting to grow here in the states and having it as the kick off event will hopefully spark the excitement of the start of the Olympics and also show the level that female athletes can one day reach. It's really important for young girls to have someone to look up to and aspire to be.
The Olympic games are estimated to have 4 billion views and plan to sell around 3 million tickets to the various events. It was announced that the tickets will provide free public transportation on the day of the given event. I think that providing free transportation throughout London is a great concept for this 19 day event. It will really allow people to see the city and take advantage of all of the events happening on the days they are attending the Olympic Games.
Rachel Goossens
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