London 2012 Olympic flame ‘goes out’ as cauldron is moved. It is supposed to burn throughout the entire Olympics until the end. But witnesses saw it go out at 11:14 pm Sunday. Olympic organizers have now confirmed it was extinguished to allow staff to move the cauldron to another part of the venue over the weekend. The final position of the cauldron has already attracted some criticism after it was disclosed it would not be visible outside the stadium.
Was it moved because of safety (winds) or that people who didn’t have tickets could view the flame?
Jackie Brock-Doyle, director of communications for the London Olympics organizers implied,
The cauldron has been put out while we move it to another part of the stadium.”
It is not uncommon for a flame to go out and this can happen for a number of reasons, for example, in extreme winds.”
We keep the mother flame alight in specially designed miners’ lanterns so if the flame does go out for some reason we re-light it from the source of the flame.”
Sidewalks Chalk 
There has been many shady events happening here and we are just getting started.
There are alot of things that are being said about the opening.
Athletes’ parents turned away in chaos over London 2012 Olympics tickets
A FRESH ticketing row has enveloped London 2012 Olympic organisers as angry parents of athletes are turned away at Games venues.
Parents and friends of Swedish and Singaporean swimmers as well as a host of other countries have been refused access into the aquatics centre over the past two nights, missing seeing their loved ones compete, while other parents have had hours of angst trying to sort tickets at the last minute.
Adding to their woes were the pictures of empty seats in prime positions.
The issue hasn’t been confined to the aquatics centre. Parents have missed tennis matches at Wimbledon and only been able to get into Eton Dorney for the rowing and Excel for the boxing after fraught negotiations.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/olympics-2012/other-news/athletes-parents-turned-away-in-chaos-over-london-2012-olympics-tickets-3185525.html
For a country that could use the money this should not be happening. This is just plain stupidity at its best.