2012 Paralympic Ticket Applications Open
Tickets for the London 2012 Paralympic Games are now on sale around the world, with UK fans able to apply for tickets anytime between 9am on Friday 9th September and 6pm on 26th September 2011.
Approximately 2 million tickets will go on sale to the public between now and Games-time, with 1.5 million being available in the first phase.
As with Olympic Games tickets, the system is not first come first served and there is no advantage to applying earlier in the process.
Tickets for oversubscribed sessions will be allocated via a ballot, and payment will be taken by 31st October 2011 – a notification of whether applications have been successful will be sent by 18th November 2011.
Only Visa (debit, credit and prepaid) cards can be used to purchase tickets online, although London 2012 will also accept postal applications and payment by cheque or postal orders.
There will be over 300 sessions across the 20 Paralympic sports at 20 venues, including those within the Olympic Park, plus ExCeL, Greenwich Park, The Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, North Greenwich Arena, The Mall and, outside London, Brands Hatch, Eton Dorney and Weymouth and Portland.
LOCOG chair Sebastian Coe said: ‘The Paralympic Games are coming home in 2012 and I’m confident that the whole country will get behind them. Alongside the Games come a whole range of opportunities’.
‘People will have the chance to see sport like never before, with world class athletes who challenge the notion of “disability”; it’s a huge opportunity for Paralympic sport to become part of the nation’s consciousness and finally, it will be a moment of extraordinary pride. A fitting end to what promises to be an amazing summer’.
Ticket prices were announced earlier this year with a wide range of prices and ticket initiatives on offer.
Prices start at £10 for adults and £5 for those who are 16 or under and 60 or over on 29 August 2012.
Tickets for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies will start at £20.12 with a top end price of £500 for the Opening Ceremony.
A Games Travelcard, for use on the day of the event on public transport in zones 1-9 in London and for travel between London and Eton Dorney and Brands Hatch, is included within the price of a ticket.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, added: ‘This really is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see some of the world’s finest athletes demonstrating their unique skills to the world. With half of tickets available at under £10 and some great value offers for families I urge sports fans young and old not to miss out on an amazing summer of sport’.
Tim Hollingsworth, CEO of the British Paralympic Association, commented: ‘The start of ticket sales is a really exciting moment for us at the British Paralympic Association. This is the opportunity for the public to show their support for the British team, so that at the Games the stadia are full of British supporters cheering on our athletes’.
‘The British team was very successful in Beijing but I know all the athletes want to build on that success and are looking forward to competing and winning medals, this time on home soil and in front of a home crowd’.
