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And the cheap seats sold out fast.
Olympics organizers say the ticket costs are necessary to pay for the games and that more cheap tickets will be made available in later drops.
Fans in LA went from ecstatic to heartbroken when they logged on to buy Olympics tickets and saw prices in the hundreds and thousands of dollars.
Seats at the games start at 28 bucks, but go as high as 5,500, including a whopping 24% service fee on each ticket.
And the cheap seats sold out fast.
Denny Nivens has been to eight summer games and said he's never seen price tags so high.
He paid $4,700 for just four tickets to track and field and wrestling finals.
Olympics organizers say the ticket costs are necessary to pay for the games and that more cheap tickets will be made available in later drops.
For NPR News, I'm Libby Rainey in Los Angeles.
went from ecstatic to heartbroken when they logged on to buy Olympics tickets and saw prices in the hundreds and thousands of dollars.
Seats at the games start at $28 but go as high as $5,500, including a whopping 24% service fee on each ticket.
And the cheap seats sold out fast.
Denny Nivens has been to eight summer games and said he's never seen price tags so high.
He paid $4,700 for just four tickets to track and field and wrestling finals.
Olympics organizers say the ticket costs are necessary to pay for the games and that more cheap tickets will be made available in later drops.
For NPR News, I'm Libby Rainey in Los Angeles.
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