Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games Ticket Sales

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Aug 28, 2008

Watch the world’s fastest and strongest Paralympic athletes compete in alpine skiing, biathlon, ice sledge hockey, cross-country skiing and wheelchair curling during the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games. Ticket sales for all sports and the Paralympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies begin May 6, 2009.

World-class spectator experience
 The Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games ticketing program provides a world-class spectator experience at an exceptional cost. All Paralympic Winter Games tickets are priced under $100, with many individual sport competition tickets priced between $10 and $15. As well, group ticket packages for preliminary rounds in a wide range of events will be available for groups of 20 or more, and will be priced at $10 per ticket.

“One of the things we’re most excited is our group ticket package program. This program will offer people the opportunity to share the excitement and inspiration of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games with their staff, teammates or friends and family,” said Caley Denton, VANOC vice president, ticketing and consumer marketing. “The Paralympic Games are one of the best values around in terms of sport entertainment, and these group packages only serve to enhance that value.”

Elite sport, elite athletes
Robbi Weldon, member of the Canadian Para-Nordic ski team in biathlon and cross-country skiing, said there’s no better way to learn about Paralympic sports. With cross-country ski guide Brian Berry, Weldon is a visually impaired Paralympic hopeful in her first Paralympic Games in 2010. She notices Paralympic sports developing at a level that is truly high performance.

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“We’ve been training 600 to 700 hours a year for this, and it’s not just participating, it’s competing to own the podium, to be on the podium in 2010 for my country,” said Weldon. “It’s incredible to be able to have the Paralympic Games hosted in Canada.”

Since she began skiing with the Canadian Para-Nordic team, Weldon, of Thunder Bay, Ontario, has been asked many times about her sport wherever she goes. She likes the curiosity. 

“The sport is growing in interest,” said Weldon. “A lot of people hear about it and ask all sorts of questions like whether Berry [guide skier] skis in front or behind me. I think [Vancouver 2010] is a great chance to see it for yourself, and it’s great to be able to educate and bring awareness of the sport to people with disabilities also — to show that you can do this at a recreational level all the way up to an elite, international level.”

Along with her mother and a big extended family, Weldon’s two children will be cheering from the spectator section at Whistler Paralympic Park during Vancouver 2010. She doesn’t consider herself a Paralympian yet, but Weldon envisions a large and packed crowd during her first Paralympic Games.

More ticketing details to follow
A detailed Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games pricing plan will be announced in late 2008. In spring 2009, non-Canadian residents will be able to purchase tickets through their National Paralympic Committee or the Official Ticket Agent representing that territory.

The five sports and 64 medal events of the Paralympic Winter Games will run 10 days — from March 12 to 21, 2010.
 
Related links
Details of the Paralympic ticketing program, including FAQs
Paralympic Winter Games history
Volunteer opportunities
 
Sports of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
Paralympic alpine skiing
Paralympic biathlon
Ice sledge hockey
Paralympic cross-country skiing
Wheelchair curling