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Where to get the tickets for Beijing 2008 Olympic Game [北京2008年奥运会] Opening Ceremony [开幕式] and Closing Ceremony [闭幕式]??? Read this article to find out how to get a ticket in a correct way!!! Read on to avoid disappointment!

How to Get Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games Tickets for People outside China???

Overseas sales will be managed by individual National Olympic Committees. The three-phased “Enter to Win” lottery ticketing is applied only to people residing in China. Thanks goodness.

There are more than 200 countries with National Olympic Committees who are eligible to apply for tickets. After they get their allocation, it is up to them to determine how they distribute their tickets. Isn’t this wonderful?

The 60,000 seats up for sale for the August 8, 2008 opening ceremony (08.08.08) at the National Stadium, known as the ‘Bird’s Nest,’ are expected to be among the most sought-after during the two-week games.

So, if you’re a US citizen, go get your Beijing 2008 tickets from US Olympic Committee. If you’re from Canada, get them from Canadian Olympic Committee (or see below).

How much does each ticket cost? Cheap? Costs are listed in the middle of this article.

Tips: Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Slovak Republic, and USA

CoSport is the Official ticket Sales Agent in Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Slovak Republic, and the United States. With one of the largest inventories of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games tickets, CoSport offers superior choice and flexibility in requesting your desired events.

To request tickets, go to www.cosport.com. On the right hand side of that page, you’ll see “Please select your country to start”. So select your country and then proceed to request your tickets!!!

A list of official ticket outlets for other countries can be found here.

CoSport, the official ticket agent for the Canadian Olympic Committee, is now accepting Expressions of Interest for tickets for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Tickets will not officially go on sale until August 2007 but the sport schedule and online form is available for those interested in attending the Games, which take place August 8 to 24. Information submitted now will be used for the Ticket Request phase scheduled to take place in March 2007. At that time ticket requests can be revised and finalized. For more information on tickets for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing or to submit an Expression of Interest, please visit the CoSport website at www.cosport.com.

How to Get Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Tickets for People living in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau???

Residents in 台湾, 香港 & 澳门 should request their tickets [门票] from Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee [中华台北奥委会], Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong China [中国香港奥委会], and Macau Sport Development Board [澳门特区政府体育发展局], respectively.

海外华侨华人均须向其所在国家和地区的奥委会或其指定的门票销售代理商申请。
Overseas Chinese should request their tickets from National Olympic Committee of their home country (where they hold their citizenship) or its desiginated ticket sale outlets.

What You Need to Know About Ticket Requests?

Very important! I just highlight the most important ones.

1. By requesting tickets, you are subject to CoSport terms and conditions of sale.
2. You have until mid-July to submit your ticket request.
3. Once submitted, your ticket request is FINAL and cannot be modified.
4. You are allowed to request up to eight (8) tickets per session for a total of forty-eight (48) event tickets per order.
5. There is a quantity limitation for Opening and Closing Ceremony tickets. Customers may only submit a request for two (2) tickets per Ceremony per cumulative Ticket Request.
6. You will have 45 minutes to complete your request.
7. If you request an Opening and/or Closing Ceremony, you will be required to submit a photo, as only the person themselves is allowed to enter the stadium. CoSport will provide you with photo submission information at a later date.
8. When choosing events, you should make sure there is no overlap in time, and allow three (3) hours between events on the same day, keeping in mind travel time between venues and any other unforeseen delays.
9. Credit Card Payments: While we require credit card information at the time of checkout, you will not be charged now.  If we can fulfill more than 40% of your order at the time of ticket request confirmation (timeline below), we will do so without further communication, and you will only be charged for the tickets we were able to allocate to you.  If we cannot fulfill 40% or less of your Ticket Request, you will be given the option to proceed with the allocation or cancel.

   In order to confirm your credit card(s), we will authorize a charge for USD $1 to your account.  This charge will only authorize that your credit card(s) is active and valid.  The actual charge will not be processed and will be removed from your account within 72 hrs.  All charges will be illustrated in USD$.  If your credit card(s) is declined your Ticket Request will automatically be cancelled without notice of any kind.

10. For countries where other methods of payment are accepted, you will be contacted via e-mail when your ticket allocation is complete with payment instructions. Payment must be received within the time frame specified or your Ticket Request will be cancelled.
11. At this point all ticket requests are received on an equal standing.  There is no priority standing at this point, no ranking system for requests, nor is there a lottery in place to determine tickets distribution.  Based on the timeline below, if, when we begin our ticket allocation process, we are over subscribed for an event ticket, we base our selection upon a proprietary algorithm to ensure complete objectivity and fairness to our process.
12. Price Category means the assigned ticket price corresponding to a designated seating location for a particular session at an Olympic Venue.  Price categories range from A – C.  Category A is considered by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) to be most expensive seating option, with Category B being next and finally, Category C.
13. Within a Price Category, seats are assigned, with the following exceptions:
    
    • There will be three types of venue configurations (we currently do not know the venues that this will apply to):
      
      • Reserved seating: each ticket will have an exact seat location
      • General admission: ticket admission; no specific seating
      • General admission: by Section/Stand: ticket admission for different stands of a session
14. Several venues are not in the city-center of Beijing, so please keep this in mind when selecting events.  These venues include: Qingdao International Marina (Sailing); Hong Kong Equestrian Venues (Equestrian); Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium (Football/Soccer); Shanghai Stadium (Football/Soccer); Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium (Football/Soccer); Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium (Football/Soccer).
15. Some important ticket information that you should be aware of:
    
    • Prices for Men’s and Women’s Marathon have not yet been determined
    • Cycling – Road is a non-ticketed event
16. The individual ticket request timeline is as follows:
    
    • April 16, 2007
      
      • Ticket Request Phase starts (no payments collected, credit card(s) authorized)
    • Mid-July 2007: Ticket Request Phase ends
    • Mid-July 2007 – Mid-September 2007: Ticket Allocation and Confirmation Phase
    • Mid-September 2007: Live Ticket Sales commence
17. If at any point you have any questions, please call the CoSport office in your specific country as indicated on the “Contact Us” page.
18. Children under two years of age do not require a ticket to enter a venue, however, they must sit on the lap of their guardian

China shuts fake Olympics site

Make sure you know where to get your real Beijing 2008 tickets!!! Most likely through your National Olympic Committee.

Don’t get caught up with fake tickets in an illegal outlet.

CHINESE police have arrested three men for setting up a fake Olympic Games ticket web site, the official Xinhua agency has reported.

Only 10 people have tried to buy tickets through the site operated from south-eastern Fujian province since March, police said.

Beijing began taking orders for tickets for next year’s Games last Sunday, promising “very affordable” tickets and strong security, with group or block bookings banned.

Prices range from 30 yuan ($4.20) for preliminary shooting events up to 5,000 yuan for the opening ceremony on August 8, 2008. Delivery will only begin in June 2008.

Read more: australianit.news.com.au

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