More than 20,000 tickets of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games were sold on Thursday (May 20), the first day of global ticket sales for the sporting event this November.
People book tickets and make enquiries at an ICBC ticket outlet in Guangzhou.
Over 200,000 Asian Games tickets, approximately 10 per cent of all tickets for the Games, went on sale at 10am on May 20, involving 69 matches under 13 disciplines. The tickets are sold on a first come, first served basis on the official ticketing website (tickets.gz2010.cn) and 400 ticket outlets of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) across the country.
A ticket booking form and guide books
By 5pm, May 20, a total of 24,712 tickets had been sold with 56 per cent booked through the official ticketing website. The tickets currently available for six matches of four sports - Badminton, Table Tennis, Golf and Rowing - had been sold out. Meanwhile, the official ticketing hotline (+8620 1258088) had received 3,289 calls.
