Comments on: Cheap Olympic Tickets and the Running of the Yellow Bulls http://benross.net/wordpress/cheap-olympic-tickets-and-the-running-of-the-yellow-bulls/2008/08/20/ Urban Sociology and Urbanism, in China and North America Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:36:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jusesliwei http://benross.net/wordpress/cheap-olympic-tickets-and-the-running-of-the-yellow-bulls/2008/08/20/comment-page-1/#comment-34043 jusesliwei Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:40:21 +0000 http://benross.net.customers.tigertech.net/wordpress/?p=225#comment-34043 I bought 2 brazil&argentina semi-final football tickets from a yellow bull for 1000RMB each. I bought 2 brazil&argentina semi-final football tickets from a yellow bull for 1000RMB each.

]]> By: James Creegan http://benross.net/wordpress/cheap-olympic-tickets-and-the-running-of-the-yellow-bulls/2008/08/20/comment-page-1/#comment-32930 James Creegan Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:09:43 +0000 http://benross.net.customers.tigertech.net/wordpress/?p=225#comment-32930 Hey Ben, not sure if you saw this but I gave you a plug on Shanghaiist http://shanghaiist.com/2008/08/20/buying_olympics_tickets_a_how_to_gu.php Got to say that I never miss a post and think your stuff- from the barber shop to How To Order Chinese Food Dot Com is blogging the way blogging should be: insight into a life different from ours. Me and three friends went to Beijing last weekend, literally on the back of your reports. We had an amzing time. Now doesn't it feel good to influence people like that? ;-) James http://ispyshanghai.com Hey Ben, not sure if you saw this but I gave you a plug on Shanghaiist

http://shanghaiist.com/2008/08/20/buying_olympics_tickets_a_how_to_gu.php

Got to say that I never miss a post and think your stuff- from the barber shop to How To Order Chinese Food Dot Com is blogging the way blogging should be: insight into a life different from ours.

Me and three friends went to Beijing last weekend, literally on the back of your reports. We had an amzing time. Now doesn’t it feel good to influence people like that? ;-)

James
http://ispyshanghai.com

]]> By: Benjamin Ross http://benross.net/wordpress/cheap-olympic-tickets-and-the-running-of-the-yellow-bulls/2008/08/20/comment-page-1/#comment-32873 Benjamin Ross Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:20:09 +0000 http://benross.net.customers.tigertech.net/wordpress/?p=225#comment-32873 chriswaugh_bj- Visa is definitely running the table at the Olympics. Anybody who can get Michael Phelps, Yao Ming, and Liu Xiang all on a single advertisement clearly has a lot of clout. chriswaugh_bj-

Visa is definitely running the table at the Olympics. Anybody who can get Michael Phelps, Yao Ming, and Liu Xiang all on a single advertisement clearly has a lot of clout.

]]> By: chriswaugh_bj http://benross.net/wordpress/cheap-olympic-tickets-and-the-running-of-the-yellow-bulls/2008/08/20/comment-page-1/#comment-32858 chriswaugh_bj Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:40:56 +0000 http://benross.net.customers.tigertech.net/wordpress/?p=225#comment-32858 I second Ben's assessment of Line 8. What a major pain in the arse that was. What's much worse, though, is that ATMs in the Olympic Green will only take Visa cards. So if you're going there, make sure you have either plenty of cash or a Visa card. But Ben, you forgot the third kind of ticket- that handed down free through work units. Two days ago my wife's boss was trying to persuade everybody to take these Olympic Green tickets they'd got free. There were 5 left and nobody was interested. My wife knew I was having lunch with a mate who might be interested so she phoned me, I asked my mate, who was keen, and she claimed two tickets. Only for the Olympic Green, mind, but it was still heaps of fun and cost us no more than bus and subway fare. I second Ben’s assessment of Line 8. What a major pain in the arse that was. What’s much worse, though, is that ATMs in the Olympic Green will only take Visa cards. So if you’re going there, make sure you have either plenty of cash or a Visa card.

But Ben, you forgot the third kind of ticket- that handed down free through work units. Two days ago my wife’s boss was trying to persuade everybody to take these Olympic Green tickets they’d got free. There were 5 left and nobody was interested. My wife knew I was having lunch with a mate who might be interested so she phoned me, I asked my mate, who was keen, and she claimed two tickets. Only for the Olympic Green, mind, but it was still heaps of fun and cost us no more than bus and subway fare.

]]> By: michael http://benross.net/wordpress/cheap-olympic-tickets-and-the-running-of-the-yellow-bulls/2008/08/20/comment-page-1/#comment-32683 michael Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:51:43 +0000 http://benross.net.customers.tigertech.net/wordpress/?p=225#comment-32683 Dude, let's get lunch sometime. How long are you around? Dude, let’s get lunch sometime. How long are you around?

]]> By: Atticus http://benross.net/wordpress/cheap-olympic-tickets-and-the-running-of-the-yellow-bulls/2008/08/20/comment-page-1/#comment-32681 Atticus Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:40:55 +0000 http://benross.net.customers.tigertech.net/wordpress/?p=225#comment-32681 Great tips! I wished I had read about this when I was still in Beijing. Great tips! I wished I had read about this when I was still in Beijing.

]]> By: Jiang http://benross.net/wordpress/cheap-olympic-tickets-and-the-running-of-the-yellow-bulls/2008/08/20/comment-page-1/#comment-32649 Jiang Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:55:12 +0000 http://benross.net.customers.tigertech.net/wordpress/?p=225#comment-32649 You are a white bull 白牛！ You are a white bull 白牛！

]]> By: Benjamin Ross http://benross.net/wordpress/cheap-olympic-tickets-and-the-running-of-the-yellow-bulls/2008/08/20/comment-page-1/#comment-32636 Benjamin Ross Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:11:17 +0000 http://benross.net.customers.tigertech.net/wordpress/?p=225#comment-32636 <p>@Fiona et al:</p> <p>Line 8 is pretty bunk. In order to get on it, you have to exit the subway at the "transfer" station, then walk a few hundred meters north. Then you have to wait through a long, slow-moving security checkpoint. Considering it only takes you 3 stops away, it really isn't much of a time saver when you figure in all the aggravation. The best way to get into the Olympic Green is to go to the East Entrance. Lines are much shorter. </p> @Fiona et al:

Line 8 is pretty bunk. In order to get on it, you have to exit the subway at the “transfer” station, then walk a few hundred meters north. Then you have to wait through a long, slow-moving security checkpoint. Considering it only takes you 3 stops away, it really isn’t much of a time saver when you figure in all the aggravation. The best way to get into the Olympic Green is to go to the East Entrance. Lines are much shorter.

]]> By: WoAi http://benross.net/wordpress/cheap-olympic-tickets-and-the-running-of-the-yellow-bulls/2008/08/20/comment-page-1/#comment-32635 WoAi Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:49:59 +0000 http://benross.net.customers.tigertech.net/wordpress/?p=225#comment-32635 Fiona you MUST have a ticket to get to the Olympic Green, it's a restricted area for ticket holders only during the event. Of course, when the Olympics are over, you should be able to walk freely around there and all the fences will be dismantled. I recommend you just go to the subway line 10 entrance and get tickets there as I did and managed to see Usain Bolt win 100m gold. Fiona you MUST have a ticket to get to the Olympic Green, it’s a restricted area for ticket holders only during the event. Of course, when the Olympics are over, you should be able to walk freely around there and all the fences will be dismantled. I recommend you just go to the subway line 10 entrance and get tickets there as I did and managed to see Usain Bolt win 100m gold.

]]> By: Fiona http://benross.net/wordpress/cheap-olympic-tickets-and-the-running-of-the-yellow-bulls/2008/08/20/comment-page-1/#comment-32630 Fiona Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:49:10 +0000 http://benross.net.customers.tigertech.net/wordpress/?p=225#comment-32630 How do you get into the Olympic Green without tickets? I've been using the subway and there's a checkpoint right at the entrance into the Line 8 station, and as far as I know, you can't get through without tickets. I *really* want tickets to see Usain Bolt in the 200m finals. How do you get into the Olympic Green without tickets? I’ve been using the subway and there’s a checkpoint right at the entrance into the Line 8 station, and as far as I know, you can’t get through without tickets.

I *really* want tickets to see Usain Bolt in the 200m finals.

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