That's absolutely insane. I guess they only want the Olympics to be for the elite. I was looking at the prices for men's basketball NCAAs (because Illinois made the Final Four) and it's more expensive per event than Paris was, at least with the resales anyways. Why is it that sports are so expensive here in the US? It's stupid. I'm so ridiculously glad I went to Paris now.
For Paris, qualifications was per session with one exception, which is that the first two sessions were covered by one ticket. I ended up going to 1, 2, 4, and 5 because I was initially hoping USA would be in 4 or 5, but they ended up being in 2, so I had to play the resale game. I don't regret it.Someone posted onilne that they got prelim rounds of gymnastics for $250 a seat. I've always wanted to go to the Olympics but I don't think it will be a manifested dream this time. Like, how do you even know what session to buy? You could be paying $250 to watch a bunch of randos compete (which, I wouldn't mind doing, just not sure I would want to pay $250. Unless you get the whole day of qualis with one ticket or are they per session? I haven't gotten my slot in the lottery so, yeah, flying by the seat of my pants if I do get a spot) Maybe splurge on one big event and then try to get some archery tickets or something. Or go for Olympic Trials again.
