Olympics minister: Unreasonable to demand ticket accounts

London: Britain’s Olympics minister says it’s unreasonable to give a full accounting of ticket sales for the 2012 London Olympics right now. Olympics minister Hugh Robertson spoke Friday came a day after a London watchdog group demanded that games organizers clearly show how sales break down between expensive and affordable tickets. Critics have sought the data to see if a disproportionate number of tickets have been sold at higher prices — shutting out average people who can’t pay prices up to $2,012 per ticket. [caption id=“attachment_217431” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“London Olympics.”] [/caption] But Robertson says the request is unfair because organisers are in the middle of a “very big, complicated ticketing operation.” He says the time for a full accounting will come once all the ticket sales are complete. The 2012 London Olympics start 27 July and end 12 August. AP