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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Empty seats ≠ Tickets not sold. Lots of tickets were sold (or disbursed) in Rio, but that doesn't mean people used the tickets. More than likely scalpers (like the IOC) couldn't move all their tickets, which also contributes to empty seats. Everything I've read is that ticket sales reached the 80% level they wanted.
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I remember reading somewhere that the big sponsors (Pepsi, McD's etc) get a ton of tickets. They generally take clients etc. Apparently they weren't coming to Rio which is why many venues were empty (and obviously why dude was scalping)
Not sure how many tickets they would get, and I am assuming they didn't pay for them.
In any event, ticket sales are probably not a major source of revenue, but i could be wrong.