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Tickets for the IAAF World Championships London 2017 have returned to sale today (8) with availability once more within all sessions.
Organisers have also increased the availability of the massively popular ‘Bolt ticket’ – a £9.58 children’s ticket in honour of the legendary Jamaican’s 100m world record, following a huge response from families purchasing tickets.
It is the first time ever that a city has hosted both the IAAF World Championships and the World Para Athletics Championships in the same summer, and both events are already celebrating record ticket sales with little over four months to go.
Tickets were first put on sale via an application process in August 2016 seeing overwhelming demand with more than one million tickets requested. Over the past few weeks, tickets have been off sale while customer orders are allocated to specific stadium seats.
Across both championships more than 200,000 children’s tickets have been purchased; for the IAAF World Championships 75,000 young fans have taken advantage of the ‘Bolt ticket’ while for the World Para Athletics Championships more than 100,000 tickets have been purchased for children as part of a Mayor of London backed schools ticket offer with 25,000 children’s £5 tickets also snapped up.
“It’s great that the Bolt children’s ticket has sold so well and that more children will get the chance to attend,” said multiple world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt. “Athletics is a sport for all the family and it’s great to know that so many different age groups will be there in the stadium as a result of this offer. It feels good as an athlete to know children are getting a chance to enjoy the sport that has been so good to me.”
“It’s brilliant to return to on-sale with availability across all sessions in both championships,” said championship director Niels de Vos. “Since we opened up for sales last summer, first to the athletics family, then through to the ballot phase and eventual first-come-first-served sale, we’ve seen an amazing response.
Since the start of this week, ticket holders have been able to sell any unwanted tickets via the highly-regarded official resale system using their official ticket account. The free system – which has been set up to ensure safe and responsible resale practices – enables genuine fans of the sport to regain the face-value cost of the tickets they have purchased, and for others to buy a genuine product via tickets.london2017athletics.com.
Finally, from 8 March, fans will also be able to purchase tickets via the official ticketing website for the championships, tickets.london2017athletics.com, for the special trackside lounge package – a VIP offer available for sessions 1, 3, 9, 13, which includes the opening ceremony, men’s 10,000m, men’s 100m and long jump. The package includes a top-category ticket overlooking the home straight, live TV feeds, event programme, food and cash bar from one of the stadium's premium spectator locations. Prices start from £299.
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