The official ticket agent of the ROC Olympic Panorama has exclusive rights to sell tickets for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in Russia. Sales are open, tickets only for now, with tours soon.
The official ticket agent of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), the travel company "Olympic Panorama," has become a partner of the Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee and has received exclusive rights to sell tickets for the XXI Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver on the territory of Russia."Ticket sales for the 2010 Games in Vancouver opened at the beginning of March," said the general director of JSC "Olympic Panorama". "Our company has exclusive rights to sell tickets for the Vancouver Olympics on the territory of Russia. In response to our application, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee allocated 10,768 tickets. This is as of today only - the quota will definitely be increased later. At the moment we are selling only tickets, but soon, as usual, we will begin putting together full-fledged tourist packages to Vancouver".
The entire ticket package is divided into three price categories. The most expensive are for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games, decisive hockey matches, and figure skating. The most affordable are for biathlon and cross-country skiing. Thus, watching the Olympic opening live will cost 25,500, 34,700, or 51,000 rubles. The closing ceremony will be cheaper - 13,900, 23,200, or 35,900 rubles. A hockey ticket package - 2 quarterfinal games plus 2 semifinal games plus the third-place match plus the final - costs 106,500 and 163,500 rubles. To attend three games of the Russian national team in the Olympic hockey tournament, one must pay 15,000 and 26,000 rubles. Free skating programs in figure skating can be attended for 7,000, 12,800, and 20,900 rubles, and, for example, relay races in skiing and biathlon - for 1,200 and 3,250.