In Athens, no race (yet) for tickets Security fears and dollar-euro rate keep tourists away

International Herald Tribune | July 21, 2004| | Copyright

Bill Pennington and Anthee Carassava
International Herald Tribune
07-21-2004
In the final weeks preceding every recent Olympiad, it has become tradition for there be a late rush on tickets to the events. But as the Olympic Games return to their ancestral home in Athens next month, it may take a truly historic run on tickets to keep many events from playing out to nearly empty arenas and stadiums. Athens organizers say they have sold slightly more than a third of the 5.3 million tickets available for the 2004 Summer Games, which open Aug. 13 and continue until Aug. 29. At this same point in ...

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