Comments on: Vancouver 2010 – Tickets http://danielalmaraz.com/2008/09/vancouver-2010-tickets/ Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:10:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter Morgan http://danielalmaraz.com/2008/09/vancouver-2010-tickets/comment-page-1/#comment-552 Peter Morgan Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:05:36 +0000 http://danielalmaraz.com/?p=918#comment-552 The Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee can only sell tickets in Canada to Canadians because of IOC marketing rules, but it has deals with the national Olympic committees of about 80 countries to sell tickets for them. In the US, starting October 3, you can order your tickets, using the packages you want, directly from the USOC's authorized contractor, CoSports. You might actually have problems getting your tickets if you have a friend in Canada order them for you, because of the raft of anti-counterfeiting and anti-scamming measures VANOC will have in place. (The actual tickets will have seven levels of anti-counterfeiting measures built right into them.) For one thing, the tickets themselves will only be made available shortly before the Games, they'll be delivered directly to the buyer, who must sign for them personally. VANOC hasn't said so specifically, but it's also likely that you'll be asked to show ID at the gate to prove you own the tickets you're holding. Make sure you read the fine print on either VANOC's site, or CoSport's site before you get your friend to do any ordering, and you can always call VANOC's call centre to ensure you have the answers to the questions you might have, before you or your friend orders. The Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee can only sell tickets in Canada to Canadians because of IOC marketing rules, but it has deals with the national Olympic committees of about 80 countries to sell tickets for them.

In the US, starting October 3, you can order your tickets, using the packages you want, directly from the USOC’s authorized contractor, CoSports.

You might actually have problems getting your tickets if you have a friend in Canada order them for you, because of the raft of anti-counterfeiting and anti-scamming measures VANOC will have in place. (The actual tickets will have seven levels of anti-counterfeiting measures built right into them.)

For one thing, the tickets themselves will only be made available shortly before the Games, they’ll be delivered directly to the buyer, who must sign for them personally. VANOC hasn’t said so specifically, but it’s also likely that you’ll be asked to show ID at the gate to prove you own the tickets you’re holding.

Make sure you read the fine print on either VANOC’s site, or CoSport’s site before you get your friend to do any ordering, and you can always call VANOC’s call centre to ensure you have the answers to the questions you might have, before you or your friend orders.

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