In message , at 11:26:46 on
Thu, 5 Jan 2012, Recliner remarked:

You mention 100,000 people arriving in the course of a day. We have
been told that millions, not hundreds of thousands, will come to
London for the Olympics.

There are supposed to be 6.6m tickets available to the public, about
half of which are for football (which is typically outside London). So
maybe there are about 5m "London" tickets altogether if you add in the
ones for sports insiders and sponsors. Spread over approx 10 days
that's 500k/day. The main stadium holds 80k, and ExCel 40k. And
you've also got the officials, other staff, security, and not
forgetting the athletes.
(If anyone has better numbers, I'd be glad to receive them).

ps. For an idea of the pre-planning, traffic estimates etc for one
site, see:
http://www.london2012.com/excel/consultation-and-planning-application.html

Of course, there will also be many spectators at other events in the
main Olympics site at Stratford as there are a number of smaller arenas
(eg, aquatics, water polo, hockey, cycling, etc).

That's right, part of the gap between the 500k and the 80k (+40k ExCel
etc). I haven't totted up the total numbers on the main site, but
presumably there's a planning document a bit like the ExCel one, but
longer, with the predicted numbers in.

Most will presumably arrive by rail, typically at one or other of the
two Stratford stations, plus a smaller number from West Ham. I wonder
if many people will have tickets to two separate events on the same day?

As it was literally a lottery, and I don't think they had a concept of
linked events giving you a better probability of two tickets if they
happened to be the same day, probably very few.

I'm also guessing that the athletes and other sports insiders will make
little use of public transport when travelling to venues -- presumably
they have dedicated buses and cars (the infamous fleet of 4000 BMWs)?

The sports insiders will be more than the VIPs, for example atheletes'
families. I'd expect them to be using public transport.
--
Roland Perry