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The press conference of the third phase of ticket sales for the 2008 Olympic Games was held in Beijing Olympic press centre at 10.00am in April23, 2008. Some policies which refer to the third phase of ticket sales for the 2008 Olympic Games will be announced, Zhu Yan, the director of the ticketing center for the Beijing Olympics, said in reports. The third phase of ticket sales for the 2008 Olympic Games will open from 9:00am May 5, 2008 to June 9, 2008, providing about 138,000 tickets to individual persons only, the Beijing Organizing Committee (BOCOG) said on the press conference.

Since last April, Nobody has had a chance to see the shape and format of the tickets of the Olympic Games, in the press conference held by the Beijing Organizing Committee (BOCOG), the tickets were unveiled.

Sample Tickets shape and format

Taking the “Cloud of Promise” as the core image, the Beijing Olympic ticket is designed to be a perfect combination of the traditional Chinese culture and the Olympic spirit. Technical details of the Olympic ticket, including the format and the information shown, are configured in strict conformity with the main themes of the Beijing Olympic Games – “Environment-friendly Olympics, Technology-empowered Olympics and Culture-enriched Olympics “. Fake tickets are easy to identify as genuine tickets carry an anti-fake chip (made in china). The Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tech has already been used in China’s second-generation ID card, but this is the first time it has been applied to the ticket system of the Olympics. Information shown on the ticket of the Beijing Olympic Games is more comprehensive and easier to identify in comparison with that of previous Olympic Games.

Sale branches are reduced

Compared with the former two phases, the third phase of Beijing Olympic tickets will decrease to 540 sale branches. Sport Buyers can browse the ticket Website or call the ticket center (010-952008) to check the detail branches results. Ticket sales will run until June 9, 2008, via outlets of Bank of China, from June10 to June12, ticket printing services will be kept via Bank of China, Zhu Yan said. Sports fans in China can submit ticket orders through the official Website (www.tickets.beijing2008.cn) also with the same opening time of sales branches. While, ticket calling centre will take the burden off but offer the relevant consultation. According to a statement released by the BOCOG, The Bank of China outlets and website will contact every individual who registered with valid ID information and contact numbers. Further details are available at the official ticketing website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The purchase limit is two sessions per application and three tickets per session, after paid the former ticket, the next chance is available to act.

Real-time purchasing type

During this phase, the tickets will be sold on real-time basis no matter what channels are used. If the session and price is available, the system will keep the available tickets in regular time. If payment failed, the tickets will be released for the other applicants. Besides, in this phase, tickets for the people with disability and their companions will be sold in the manner of telephone reservation via the certain Ticketing customer service platform to check the authenticity.

Total released tickets and the relevant matches

According to BOCOG, a total of 1.38 million Olympic tickets will be released during the 3rd phase. Tickets released cover 16 Olympic sports which are subdivided into 17 disciplines and 244 matches. They include: athletics, baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, canoe/kayak-flat water, mountain bike, equestrian, football, handball, hockey, modern pentathlon, rowing, softball, marathon swimming, volleyball and wrestling. In addition, tickets of accessible seats totally 20,000 will be offered for all matches involved.