Thousands descended on Wimbledon last week as the 2012 Olympic Games began only for the occasion to be marred by long queues and empty seats.  

The All England Tennis Club has been transformed for the Olympic Games with Wimbledon Championship concession stands replaced with Olympic ‘treat huts’, Pimms swapped for Heineken and a giant bush sculpture of Wenlock, the official Olympic 2012 mascot, erected at the entrance.  

Players have also been allowed onto the courts wearing any colour - a departure from normal rules which dictate all players must wear white - while the Petshop Boys opened Monday morning with a set at Henman Hill, not something which would happen at the Championships.

But there was criticism of the Olympic venue with many visiting reporting unmoving queues with sports commentator, Guy McCrea, going so far as to call it an "utter shambles" on twitter.
Inside there was further disappointment at the swathes of courtside seats left empty.

A spokesperson for the London Olympic Organising Committee (LOCOG) said: "The atmosphere in our venues, both yesterday and today, has been terrific, and most venues are packed to the rafters.
"Our overnight review showed that the empty seats were in accredited seating areas.
"Sponsors did not leave seats empty yesterday.
"If there are empty seats, we have a number of ways to fill them."

LOCOG have said they will be working to fill any empty seats with school children already on site, off duty troops, and by putting further under used accredited seating on sale to the public.

A "Wimbledon style" system will also be operating where the tickets of people leaving venues are resold at lower prices to those already at the site.

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