The McNevin family has been waiting in the rain for close to three hours. Not for fun. They are hoping to nab some of the recycled event tickets being offered to people in the Olympic Park.

"We met some guy in the Aquatics Centre who said we should come over to 'the Red Box,'" says Dee McNevin, 47, from Longford in Ireland.

They saw swimming events in the morning but are trying their luck for more tickets since they fly home tomorrow.

The Red Box is the only place you can get an Olympic basketball ticket for >5 ($11) — the price to sessions that have last-minute seat availability.

Ten minutes later, the Red Box window opens and the crowd bursts into cheers. There is still no guarantee anyone in line will get seats. To add to their misery, the skies open up and the rain comes down even harder.

—Fergus Bell — Twitter http://twitter.com/fergb

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