Two million sign up for London 2012 tickets

Two million people have signed up for tickets for the London 2012 Olympics, chief executive Paul Deighton said today.

Organisers are steeling themselves for the “mind-boggling” task of masterminding the ticket sales, as well as planning and managing seats for the 8.8 million tickets, which are vital to raising £2bn (€2.35bn) from the private sector to stage the Games.