Suresh Kalmadi, the Chairman of Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee (CGOC), launched the sale of online tickets for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi on Friday, 4th June 2010.
Kalmadi issued the first ticket to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Tejinder Khanna.
Addressing media persons, Kalmadi said the tickets are priced reasonably to encourage more and more participation of people in the event.
“The tickets are reasonably priced, Rs. 50 is the minimum ticket. Any ticket holder can go free by public transportation. And, I am grateful to the government of Delhi for having waved aside entertainment tax. No entertainment tax on this ticket, that is why we could have the prices so low. I hope that Delhites will come out in large numbers to buy the tickets.” Kalmadi added.
Kalmadi said he was confident that the sports loving people will contribute to the successful delivery of the Games that is being held in Asia for only the second time and in India for the first time.
The organizing committee chairman said the upgradation of the city’s infrastructure for the October Games will help Delhi move ahead by 5 to 10 years and added “This is for the lifetime of Delhi and not only 15 days. Commonwealth Games is for the common man.”
He hoped the games organizing committee would witness a huge turnout of spectators during the games. He said the Commonwealth Games 2010 will be the greatest games ever.
The tickets will be available in four different slabs and will range from Rs. 50 to Rs. 1000 for all sporting events. While the tickets for the inaugural and closing ceremony to be held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi are priced between Rs. 750 to Rs. 50,000.
The tickets will be available at more than 50 outlets of Central Bank of India and Hero Honda showrooms.
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