July 15, 2015 by admin

Sales of Pan Am Games tickets surpass 900,000, organizers say

TORONTO – Organizers for the Pan Am Games say more than 900,000 tickets have now been sold for the multi-sport event taking place in Toronto and surrounding communities.
Ticket sales had initially been somewhat of a concern as only about 800,000 of 1.4 million tickets had been sold before the Games officially began last Friday.
But as the event entered its first full week, organizers said nearly 25,000 tickets were sold on Monday — a record-breaking figure for a single day of sales.
Ticket sales are expected to cover about $40 million of the Games’ $2.5 billion budget, with the rest coming from the federal, provincial and local governments.
Saad Rafi, CEO of the TO2015 organizing committee, says organizers fully expect to sell at least a million tickets before the Games are done.
He says walk-up sales — where spectators purchase their tickets at kiosks rather than online — have been significant since the Games began.