The Olympic Games are just not selling tickets and they are looking for ways to boost the sales. People are afraid to go to Brazil for many different reasons. One would be that the country of Brazil is in the middle of many political protests which may be dangerous to the visitors. Brazil's former sports minister quit just a few days ago which is forcing the new one, Ricardo Leyser is scrambling to sell tickets. Brazil's economy is in the worst recession they have had in the 25 years causing the budget for the construction of the Olympic facilities by $500 million. Many people are also afraid of high crime rates and terrorism. Athletes and even health experts are scared about the Zika virus going through Brazil right now. Many have asked for the games to be postponed.
2016 Olympic tickets not selling
What is your opinion on buying tickets to the 2016 Olympic Games?
Why do you think this is happening right before the Olympics?
I would also be scared to buy tickets for all of these different reasons. It is scary to go to a different country with many different things going on. It would almost be like putting yourself in danger. I think that it is just an unfortunate thing that this is all happening right before the Olympics and it just happens to be a coincidence.
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Good job!
I think that I would be with the majority and not buy tickets, because it is a very scary thing but it always is! I feel like leaving the country at all poses a lot more fears and possible dangers now than ever and it just keeps getting worse. I agree with what you said, and think that much of this is probably a coincidence to be happening right now before the Olympics take place.
I personally would not go to the Olympics in a different country for my own safety. I think this is all happening because they spent a lot of money on the facilities for the Olympics and they wont make a lot if not any profit at all.
If all of these things are going on in Brazil, I wouldn't want to go to Brazil either. These are a lot of risky things happening and I don't know if I would want to put myself in that situation.
I think many people are going to be scared too. Its just a matter of which people are willing to take the risk and put themselves in that situation.
I can see why people would be afraid to buy the tickets. I would definitely weigh all of my options before I bought any. Brazil, while beautiful, is also dangerous. However, I think with all of those that will be Brazil at the time of the games, danger might be less of a threat. I think this is happening right before the games because there is so much focus on the Olympics, and everyone has questions.
Weighing the options is definitely a good choice. I think they will patrol it well enough that there should be less of a problem. People are probably just in a panic.
I would not want to buy 2016 Olympic tickets because I think that they are a waste of money. I think that you can get better views of the different events on TV rather than being there in person. I wouldn't like to be around that many people because there's a lot of things that could go wrong, like the things you said before.
It would be risky but I also agree that the views on TV are cool too. I think most people just go there once for the experience.
If you could afford them and wanted to go, I would totally go, just be aware of the risks and take precautions. It is happening right now because the Zika virus is a fairly new thing and people are always scrambling to finish things up and make final preparations just before the games.
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