Vancouver
2010 Winter
Olympic
ticket sales
The
organisers
have gone to
great
lengths to
explain in
some depth
the
procedure
regarding
ticket
sales. Below
is a brief
factual
summary for
planning
your 2010
Olympic or
Paralympic
experience.
There are 4
phases in
the sale of
tickets.
Phase 1
began on
Ocober 3rd
2008 and
ends
November 7th
2008. You
have more
chance of
acquiring a
ticket for
the event
that you
want to see
at this
first phase.
Organisers
have advised
against
rushing to
buy on day
1. An
application
recieved on
the 6th of
November
will stand
the same
chance of
acceptance
as an
application
on the 3rd
of October.
There are
over 100,000
tickets for
sale at $25
and half of
all tickets
are priced
at under
$100.
The
organisers
have come up
with OEP`s
(Olympic
Experience
Packages).
OEP`s are
the best way
to secure
tickets for
the events
you wish to
see as they
are top of
the
allocation
list. OEP`s
can only be
acquired in
the first
phase of
sales so you
have just
over 3 weeks
and
counting.
There are 4
separate
OEP`s. City
OEP`s that
cover events
from
Vancouver,
Richmond and
West
Vancouver.
There are 25
different
combinations
of City
OEP`s.
Whistler
OEP`s cover
the events
held in
Whistler
only. There
are 8
different
combinations.
Mixed OEP`s
combine City
and Whistler
events.
There are 17
combinations.
Locals OEP`s
are for
residents in
mind. These
packages are
for bothe
City and
Whistler
events but
designed to
fit around a
busy working
schedule by
offering
these
packages on
weekends and
evenings.
*The
information
above refers
to Canadian
residents
regardless
of
citizenship.
All other
spectators
outside of
Canada have
to acquire
tickets
through
their
National
Olympic
Committee or
the Official
Ticket Agent
representing
that country
or
territory.
International
ticket sales
and packages
are at the
discretion
of that
individual
country or
territory
but plans
are for
tickets
around the
World to be
available at
the same
time.
Organisers
have warned
that tickets
obtained
from a
source other
than that
area's
Official
Ticket Agent
may not be
valid.
For a more
detailed
description
of ticket
sales visit
the official
Vancouver
website at
www.vancouver2010.com
