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Table tennis queen seeks last Olympic ticket

With a bulging trophy cabinet and happily married to a multimillionaire realtor, Chinese table tennis queen Wang Nan says her life will be perfect with an Olympic appearance at home.
    The 29-year-old is the most decorated Chinese table tennis player, with 20 world and Olympic titles to her belt, beating previous record holder Deng Yaping by […]

Tickets for Beijing Olympics affordable for ordinary people

The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) Wednesday revealed details of the most affordable ticketing program in recent Olympic history.
Fifty-eight percent of the tickets for sale will be priced at or lower than RMB 100 yuans (about 13 US dollars). Among them, a significant portion will be available to students at less than […]

75% of tickets unsold in 2nd phase despite high bookings

Only 450,000 tickets for this summer’s Olympic Games have been successfully allocated, accounting for about a quarter of the tickets available for sale in the second phase, the Beijing Olympics Organizing Committee (BOCOG) said on Sunday.    More than 700,000 orders for 4.2 million tickets were received by BOCOG, but only 123,000 bookings were confirmed after a […]

Beijing Olympic city traffic

Beijing Urban Railway
Beijing public transport accessible subway and urban rail is the most efficient city transport, the general 3-5 minutes fast. Taxis in Shanghai have more than 60,000 vehicles, but also convenient
. City buses are things through the South and the North, is the most economical means of transport.
Bus fare is usually one yuan From, […]

Sino-US consortium picked as ticketing agency for 2008 Olympics

A Sino-US consortium of ticketing agencies has been selected on Friday as the ticketing services exclusive supplier for the 2008 Olympic Games.
The Beijing Gehua Ticketmaker Ticketing Co. Ltd., established by the Gehua Cultural Development Group, the China Sports Industry Group and American ticketing giants Ticketamker, will be in charge of ticket sales for the 2008 […]

Tickets for Beijing Olympics affordable for ordinary people

The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) Wednesday revealed details of the most affordable ticketing program in recent Olympic history.
Fifty-eight percent of the tickets for sale will be priced at or lower than RMB 100 yuans (about 13 US dollars). Among them, a significant portion will be available to students at less than […]

Questions and answers about Beijing Olympic tickets

The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) on Wednesday revealed details of its affordable ticketing program. Following is an interview by Xinhua News Agency with BOCOG officials:
Q: How do you compare the ticket prices of the Beijing Olympic Games with that of previous Games?
A: Every organizing committee for the Olympic Games has to […]

A glance at Olympic ticket prices

Following is the full list of ticket prices for the 2008 Olympic Games:
Sport
Price Range (yuan)
Opening Ceremony
$200.00 -$5000.00
Closing Ceremony
$150.00 -$3000.00
10km Marathon Swimming
$30.00 -$30.00
Archery
$50.00 -$100.00
Athletics
$50.00 -$800.00
Badminton
$50.00 -$500.00
Baseball
$30.00 -$150.00
Basketball
$50.00 -$1000.00
Beach volleyball
$50.00 -$400.00
Boxing
$30.00 -$400.00
Canoe/Kayak Flatwater
$30.00 -$80.00
Canoe/Kayak Slalom
$30.00 -$100.00
Cycling BMX
$50.00 -$100.00
Cycling Mountain Bike
$30.00 -$30.00
Cycling Road
free
Cycling Track
$50.00 -$100.00
Diving
$60.00 -$500.00
Equestrian
$40.00 -$400.00
Fencing
$50.00 -$100.00
Football
$40.00 -$800.00
Gymnastics Artistic
$50.00 -$300.00
Gymnastics Rhythmic
$100.00 -$400.00
Gymnastics Trampoline
$50.00 -$100.00
Handball
$30.00 -$80.00
Hockey
$30.00 -$150.00
Judo
$50.00 -$200.00
Mondern […]

Demand high for tickets to 2008 Games

More than 230,000 people have placed orders for over 1,090,000 tickets to the Beijing Olympic Games since the sales kicked off a month ago, officials said on Tuesday.
Rong Jun, head of the Olympic Ticketing Center, said that the tickets to the opening ceremony, basketball and diving competitions are among the best sellers, but didn’t give […]