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Nov 7, 2009 1:04 pm US/Pacific

Demand For Vancouver Olympic Tix Swamps Website

VANCOUVER (CBS 5 / AP) ―

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An overwhelming demand for Olympic tickets appears to have swamped the website for the Vancouver Games.

Tickets were to go on sale Saturday morning, but ticket buyers could only get a message saying the link appears to be broken. More than 100,000 tickets to the 2010 Winter Games were to go on sale.

Anyone attempting to call the 1-800 Olympic phone number for help was getting a busy signal.

The tickets were for all events in the Vancouver area, including gold-medal hockey and the opening and closing ceremonies.

About 1.6 million tickets overall are being sold, and organizers are making sure 70% of those go to the public.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) –