A good friend of mine just got back from Greece, one of the major factors why the stadiums are half empty is because of the big ticket pricing at most (or all ) of the Olympic venues.
My buddy said that tickets for the opening day ceremonies were about $1400.00 dollars (Canadian) with hotels renting rooms around Athens for about 600-700 dollars a night<------ that's just crazy.
Greece is going to be left with such a huge debt, that its going to take 20+ years just to pay off, (They are still trying to pay -off the debt in Montreal from the '76 games---go figure).