NEW DELHI, 7 JUNE 2010: The first lot of Rs. 1000 tickets for the opening ceremony has been sold out. The Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi (OC CWG Delhi 2010) got great response from the general public for tickets of all denominations but Rs. 1000 tickets sold like hot cakes. OC CWG Delhi 2010 will be releasing the second lot of Rs. 1000 tickets soon.
Games’ tickets released to a blockbuster opening at the ticket box-office. Within three days, tickets worth more than Rs. 1 crore have been sold since the tickets opened for general public.
As the ticketing programme was launched on 4 June, the ticketing website got thousands of hits; the toll free number kept on getting calls 24x7and people are queuing up at the retail outlets of Central Bank of India and Hero Honda to book their place for witnessing India’s biggest sporting extravaganza.
Tickets for Opening and Closing Ceremony, to be held in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, are the bestsellers, as they promise to be majestic events featuring spectacular shows, followed by tickets for popular sporting events like Hockey, Athletics, Swimming, Tennis and Squash.
Of 10,800 tickets sold so far, 60 percent are being sold through the ticketing website and rest through retail outlets and call centre.
Everyone wants to watch at least one of the Games' events, going by the present trend, when tickets to the bigger events will be sold out people are expected shift to the other events as well.
Games tickets promise that the holder can travel free of charge by Delhi Metro trains and DTC buses to reach and return from the venue on the day of the event for which they hold a ticket.
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