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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Updates: Ticketing Crashed

Published on November 1, 2007 in Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing swallow lucky baby, BOCOG, China, en.beijing2008.cn, fish, Mascots, Olympic Games, Olympic games ceremonial fire, olympic games tickets, Olympics, panda, Tibet antelope and Xinhua. 2 Comments

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Mascots

Just in case you didn’t know, the mascots above are the fish, panda, Olympic Games ceremonial fire, Tibet antelope and Beijing swallow lucky baby!!

What a hugely enthused population can do… only half an hour after this week’s start of second-round ticket sales for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the online booking system konked off… can you imagine how many hits? 8,000,000!! 200,000 orders per second broke down the technical system, Chinese news site Xinhua reported. The host site, Ticketmaster is working on a solution to fix this.The head of the BOCOG Ticketing Center said that after careful consideration and discussions with the technical partners, the new ticketing plan will be announced on November 5.

For updates, check the official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.