The organisers of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow have closed the ticket website and phone line until ongoing problems with sales can be resolved. Glasgow 2014 said the measure was necessary to address technical issues which had hampered the sales of 100,000 extra tickets since Monday. So far, about 55,000 of the extra tickets have been bought with diving, swimming, mountain biking, track cycling and the triathlon all sold out. Glasgow 2014 chief executive David Grevemberg said that the website and phone line would be unavailable until the technical issues had been resolved. At the time of printing this article they had still not been resolved. The ticket system has not met capacity and has not coped with demand. Extra tickets for all 17 sports and the opening and closing ceremonies went on sale on a first-come, first-served basis at 10:00 BST on Monday.
Glasgow 2014: Games ticket 'fiasco' website closed
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