Thousands of surplus free tickets being offered to school kids to increase audiences for the Olympic Football matched being held in Hampden Park.
As per the plan that was first decided by the Timeshare ticket scheme, 100,000 free tickets were set aside to be given to school kids who were part of the Locog Get Set move, wherein half that number of tickets was set aside to be distributed to the London area, while the other half was for the rest of the UK.
In Scotland nevertheless, this scheme has of late been extended to other kids who are involved in local sports as well as community ventures.
The price of these tickets will be financed by an appendage on corporate hospitality.
The home of Scotland’s football that can hold 52,000 people will play host to eight Olympic football matches and though there has been a terrific demand for Olympic tickets, the tickets for football are not extremely bright.
The Scottish Deputy First Minister Ms. Nicola Sturgeon said that this scheme offered the kids and youngsters of Scotland a fantastic chance to participate in the Olympic encounter as well as to instigate them to partake in the sport.
She remarked that being able to host the Olympic football matches in Scotland was a thrilling opportunity to get totally involved into the spirit of the Games and she stated that she would encourage every one and all to participate in the events. She added that she was hoping to find a big audience from the whole of the country.
