04/23/2001
Heaps of Tickets Remain
for Goodwill Games
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 2001
Goodwill Games organisers have reassured there are plenty
of seats still up for grabs with more than 265,000 tickets
remaining for the August-September sporting spectacular.
The news comes on the back of a huge rush
for tickets over the weekend, which saw more than 120
tickets sold per minute during the first few hours of
trading on Friday.
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By midday Monday, more
than 66,000 tickets had been sold or about 20 per cent of
total available seats.
Ticket sales remain strong, prompting Ticketek
to ensure additional resources are in place to reduce waiting
periods for patrons at their outlets and through their call
centres and Internet booking line.
2001 Goodwill Games Chief Executive Campbell
Rose stressed plenty of tickets were still available to sessions
in every sport, including swimming, basketball and beach volleyball.
"We still have 80 per cent of our tickets
for sale,'' Mr Rose said.
"However, because tickets to all events
are selling so fast, we urge patrons to buy their tickets
early, so as to avoid disappointment.''
A breakdown of ticket sales sees athletics as
the most popular sport, with more than 20,000 tickets sold,
followed by Swimming, Beach Volleyball, Gymnastics and Figure
Skating.
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However, more than 100,000 tickets still
remain for Athletics, which is being hosted at the largest
of all Goodwill Games venues; ANZ Stadium.
Swimming, by comparison at Chandler Aquatic
Centre, is a much smaller stadium, with only about 5000
seats available per session.
The affordability of Beach Volleyball
tickets, priced from $10 - $25, as well as the calibre
of contestants, explains the high interest in the sport,
which will be contested at South Bank Piazza over 14
sessions from August 29 to September 4.
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On-line ticket sales have proved particularly
popular, with Ticketek recording its most successful Internet
ticket sales ever for a sporting event.
Media Information:
| Nikki Todd |
2001 Goodwill Games Brisbane |
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