Vacant Olympic seats to be filled by military, teachers

The organizing committee of the London Olympic Games has said unfilled seats at competitions may go to the military, teachers and students. There have been complaints about empty seats during the opening days of the 2012 Games.

The sight of empty seats at Olympic sports venues is a sensitive issue after hundreds of thousands of people failed to get tickets in an initial public lottery.

London Organizing Committee Chairman Sebastian Coe says tickets are being distributed to soldiers and others to fill those seats. He said no one would object to free tickets for public servants.

​​"If the military are there, I do not think there is...

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