Tickets for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games go on sale today.
The Vancouver 2010 organising committee (VANOC), in collaboration with Official Supplier Tickets.com, has spent the past year developing a comprehensive on-line ticket application process.
Instead of selling tickets on a first-come, first-served basis, the VANOC has given fans five weeks to submit their choices online. The seats will then be distributed equally by computer, regardless of when the request was made. When supply exceeds demand, a lottery will determine who gets which seats. However, people who choose one of several dozen ticket packages that include a variety of events will get priority over those buying individual seats.
VANOC expects that more than 95 per cent of tickets will be purchased online since Canada traditionally has one of the highest rates in the world of online purchasing practices.
VANOC said more than 100,000 tickets will be available for $25 whilst half of all tickets will be priced at $175 or less.
