On 5 April the Amcham Olympic Forum organized one more interesting panel discussion in the American Club.
The panel was introduced by Adam Steinberg of ASC Wines, co-chair. Sen Yang (now with Adidas…), co-chair also joined. The panel:
– Curt Logan, general manager of ticketmaster
– Alan Dizdarevic, managing director of jet set sports
– Christopher Renner, president of Helios Partners China.
The Exclusive Supplier of Ticketing Services for the 2008 Olympics is Beijing Gehua Ticketmaster Ticketing Co., Ltd. (a JV with ticketmaster).

The discussions are considered “off the record” and “not for external distribution”.
Problem was, the information provided was very vague, few of the real issues were addressed and I finally know more about the ticket issues – and certainly hotel planning – than what came out that day. Maybe I expected too much or I happen to know quite a bit (I have dozens of unanswered questions!). All that by carefully following the media. So, China Daily and others do bring you some real news.
For me it looks pretty obvious the whole story remains full of holes. How BOCOG will manage the seating arrangements, ticket distribution and other – nobody seems to have a clue or is pretty good of pretending they don’t know. (I am afraid its the first answer)
Anyway, the Amcham has taken some good initiatives around the Olympics. Makes me feel better – hey, I seem to know a lot. Even better, I have many questions nobody never asked and nobody has been able to answer.
And for your information, I am actually not interested to chase tickets. Maybe BOCOG will invite me. Or I will simply watch TV at the Gongti Strip. If any seats are still available, I might even go next door and watch boxing or football.