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Huge rush for Olympic tickets

THE third batch of domestic Olympic tickets for Beijing venues were sold out within two days after the sales started at 9am on Monday, according to the official Olympic Website. Tickets for the soccer tournament... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Wed, May 07 2008

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06 May 08 visit Fans snap up 320,000 Olympic tickets  »  Shanghai Daily MORE than 320,000 Olympic tickets were sold on the first day in the third phase of sales yesterday, Liberation Daily reported today. Tickets were sold for 73 competitions including basketball, volleyball and beach...
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24 Jul 08 visit Venue maps and the last round of Olympic tickets  »  Shanghaiist BOCOG (Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games) is giving you one more shot at getting Olympic tickets . Friday, July 25, at 9 a.m., Phase 4 tickets go on sale at box offices around Beijing. BOCOG says there are 820,000 tickets left, 250,000 of...
16 Jun 08 visit Olympics tickets can be obtained at ticket sales outlets  »  People's Daily According to the Beijing Olympic ticketing call center, from June 16th until July,the Beijing ticketing center will notify the public to get their tickets at Olympic ticket sales outlets. People who successfully booked Olympic Games tickets ...
23 Jul 08 visit Last chance to snap up Olympic tickets  »  Shanghai Daily THE last tickets for next month's Olympics will go on sale on Friday at ticket booths at the Games' venues, according to Beijing2008.cn. About 250,000 tickets will be made available for Beijing-based events including...

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