GC2018 Tickets to go Off-sale Ahead of Final Major Ticket Release

Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) tickets will go off-sale from midday (AEST) tomorrow 20 October as GOLDOC prepares to deliver its anticipated final major release of tickets from midday (AEST) on 20 November.

In order to provide more people with a chance to Share the Dream from 4-15 April 2018, the off-sale period allows GOLDOC to identify as many additional tickets as possible as venue seating plans are finalised and tickets from Games delivery partners are returned to the general ticket sales pool.

During the four-week off-sale period, all tickets sales to date will be assigned specific seats across all sessions.

Once the seat assignment process is completed, remaining tickets – including tickets which have been made available following the finalisation of venue plans - will then be made available from midday (AEST) on 20 November on a first-come, first-served basis via gc2018.com/tickets.

Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) Chairman, Peter Beattie AC said from midday tomorrow, October 20 general tickets will go off-sale for a four-week period, a normal Games practice that will allow us to commence seat assignments and finalise seating designs in each GC2018 venue to provide as many tickets as possible to be available on sale from Monday 20 November.

"The next ticket phase will continue the great response to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games ticket program that received an initial 1.2 million ticket requests and an overwhelming response during the first general ticket sales period," Mr Beattie said.

GOLDOC CEO Mark Peters said the organisation had been working hard to make as many additional seats as possible available to the general public.

"We were so pleased with the response from the community during the ticket request phase and we’ve spent the last three months working through seating plans at every GC2018 venue to finalise elements such as temporary structures, sight lines and camera positions to ensure we can make as many seats as possible available to those who don’t want to miss the chance to enjoy all GC2018 have to offer," said Mr Peters.

"The tickets reallocated to the general ticket pool will be on a first-come, first-served basis via gc2018.com/tickets, providing a great opportunity to get into some of the most in-demand sessions that have been oversubscribed since the ticket request phase."

It is important spectators only purchase GC2018 tickets from official sales channels.

For more information, go to gc2018.com/tickets

For more information, please email media@goldoc.com or contact:

Adam Gardini: +61 402 487 575

Communications and Media Lead

Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC)

Chris Kenner: +61 422 234 565

Media Specialist

Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC)

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