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Failure to sell Olympic seats is Brazil's big ticket headache
Brazil's government sounded the alarm Saturday over meager sales of Olympic tickets and public apathy just five months before Rio hosts South America's first Summer Games. With worries about the Zika virus, high crime and a major political crisis already overshadowing the August 5 opening ceremony, Brazil now faces the embarrassing prospect of empty stadiums. Only 50 percent of tickets to the Olympics have sold so far, Rio 2016 organizing committee spokesman Phil Wilkinson told AFP on Saturday.
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The way the olympic games are designed is no longer economically viable, we need to rethink the approach or its only going to get worse.
I agree...They are there to mop up money and i doubt the locals benefit from it.