Beginning this Saturday, June 6, more than 150,000 tickets for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games will go on sale to the public.
At 12 p.m. Winnipeg time, fans can log go to Vancouver2010.com and be placed into a virtual line to wait their turn and purchase tickets.
“This is a major release of tickets before the 2010 Winter Games, and is the best remaining opportunity for Canadian Olympic fans to get their hands on tickets,” said Caley Denton, vice president, ticketing and consumer marketing for VANOC.
In addition to the more than 150,000 competition and Opening and Closing Ceremonies tickets, this marks the first time thousands of Victory Ceremony tickets will be available as single tickets for $22.
VANOC also lists several tips on its website fans can use to help reduce the wait time and speed up the process to make sure tickets are bought before selling out.