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Book Olympic Tickets Online
The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) launched its official ticketing website last week, enabling Chinese nationals and foreigners residing in
The tickets are not yet available, but visitors to the site can set up profiles to book tickets as soon as they go on sale next month, although bulk purchases for the most popular events will be determined by a random drawing, organizers revealed.
During the current ticketing pre-registration phase, one can find the Beijing 2008 Olympic Competition Schedule v.2.08 published on the website.
According to the ticket price table on the website, the most expensive tickets will be for the opening ceremony on August 8, which will cost 5,000 yuan (US$646). The cheapest tickets for that event will be 200 yuan (US$25.80).
Ticket prices for the closing ceremony will range from 150 yuan (US$19.4) to 3,000 yuan (US$388).
Tickets to competition events will cost from 30-1,000 yuan (US$3.88-129.3), with the men's basketball final price highest.
The official ticketing website will accept applications online and through designated Bank of China ticket outlets throughout
According to BOCOG, more than seven million tickets will be available for sale, with at least half to go to local fans, and 58 percent of all the tickets will cost 100 yuan (US$12.75) or less, in line with efforts to make the Olympics affordable to average Chinese citizens.
News Source: China Daily
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