Ticket line begins for Beijing Olympics

(AP)
Updated: 2007-03-09 14:47

The line has begun to form for tickets to the Beijing 2008 Olympics. 

The website, www.tickets.beijing2008.cn has opened to register for the tickets.

The actual sales begin next month, and a random draw will be used for the most popular events, officials said.

The initial ticket sales are limited to domestic public only. The first phase of sales will continue until June, and tickets will not be delivered until June 2008.

Beijing Organizing Committee officials said the most expensive ticket would be $646 for the Aug. 8 opening ceremony.

Organizers plan to sell about seven million tickets, and have promised to make tickets affordable. Prices for competition events will begin at $3.90 and top out at $130. About 58 percent of the tickets will cost $12.75 or less.

According to the website, tickets of opening and closing ceremony, diving and Artistic Gymnastics are of greatest demands.



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