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Delhiites, act fast to grab CWG tickets
India Blooms News Service
New Delhi, June 9 (IBNS) Delhiites planning to catch a glimpse of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) have to act fast as within a week after sale of tickets began, the Rs 1,000 and Rs 750 tickets have all been sold out, officials said.
Interestingly, even the Rs 25,000 and Rs 50,000 tickets are seeing brisk sale, with the opening ceremony seeing the maximum demand.
A top official in the organisation committee (OC) said that since day one, the sales have been quite satisfactory. The first day itself saw sales of over Rs 20 lakh.
Since the sale began till date, the OC has registered sales worth Rs 2 crore within four days.
It’s not just the locals, who are interested in the mega sporting event. OC officials claim the tickets have been in demand abroad as well, especially in the Commonwealth association circuit.
“These tickets, which were made available in November, last year, were handed over to the Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) of the participating countries for sale by the respective CGAs. Ticket sales worth Rs 3 crore have been generated from these sales,” the official said.
‘‘These tickets will be exchanged for actual physical tickets once they come to India,’’ added the official.
For international tourists though, the tickets are available from the OC website launched for ticket sale earlier this week.
“While several purchases through international credit cards have been made, it’s too early to say how many have been purchased by foreign nationals.’’
The demand at present though, is for the opening and closing ceremonies, with few tickets being sold for the sporting events. Tickets for these are available as well, and start from Rs 50 onwards to Rs 1,000. Almost 40% of the tickets for the sporting events have been kept at Rs 200 and below.
Four of the events — the marathon, the walk, cycling road race and the cycling time trial — are free. For those booking online, an upper sale limit of two tickets has been kept for the opening and closing ceremonies while for the sporting event, the limit is four.
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