Tickets awarded across all GC2018 competition sessions
Published Thursday, 22 June, 2017 at 01:06 PM
Minister for Education and Minister for Tourism, Major Events and the Commonwealth Games
The Honourable Kate Jones
Hundreds of thousands of spectators will today find out the tickets they’ve secured for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Commonwealth Games Minister Kate Jones said tickets had been awarded across every GC2018 session after more than 1.2 million ticket requests were received.
“Today is an exciting day for hundreds of thousands of spectators who will find out the events they’ll enjoy live in April 2018,” Ms Jones said.
“No matter what the event, we know we are in for big crowds and a great atmosphere at Games time.
“The most popular events through the ticket requests were the Opening Ceremony, Rugby Sevens final and Netball final which alone was oversubscribed by five times.
“Other popular sports included Cycling – Track, Cycling – Mountain Bike, Diving, Triathlon and Swimming.”
GOLDOC have processed more than 1.2 million ticket requests for each of the 274 ticketed sessions since the ticket request phase closed on 22 May.
A computer-generated fair and equal draw determined ticket allocations for any sessions that were oversubscribed.
Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) Chairman Peter Beattie AC said spectators would today receive email notifications from GOLDOC advising of the outcome of their ticket requests and allowing them to further plan their GC2018 experience.
“We are thrilled with the response from the general public and the efficiency of the fair and equal draw in being able to process more than one million ticket requests,” Mr Beattie said.
“The strong demand for tickets again justifies our family friendly ticket prices and reaffirms what a great atmosphere fans will experience during GC2018 from April 4-15 2018.
“Naturally, with this process, there will be some disappointment as there were more than 1.2 million ticket requests and oversubscriptions to many of the 274 ticketed competition sessions.
“But it’s important to remember a ticket request phase was chosen for the GC2018 ticketing program to ensure people had a fair chance of accessing tickets to what will be the biggest sporting event in Australia this decade.
“Following their ticket confirmations many people will be looking for accommodation and I am delighted that Gold Coast Tourism have developed a quick tip online guide to enhance people’s opportunity to secure accommodation at one of 30,000 options available to the city’s visitors.”
GOLDOC CEO Mark Peters said people still have an opportunity to be part of the Games action.
“Any remaining tickets to GC2018 competition sessions will go on sale to the general public from 9 am on 5 July so there is still great opportunity for everyone to experience the Games and witness this wonderful world class sporting event,” Mr Peters said.
“As a further incentive for those that took part in the ticket request phase, we are offering an exclusive pre-sale window which commences from 3 July.
“There are still tickets available to around half of the 97 medal sessions on offer and remember all the great athletes have to qualify through the preliminaries so those sessions are also worth considering.”
Payments for successful ticket requests will be processed from Monday 26 June, with spectators urged to ensure they have sufficient funds on their nominated payment card and its expiry date is still valid.
GC2018 tickets include free public transport on event day within the South East Queensland TransLink public transport network, the Cairns TransLink bus network and on the Townsville qconnect bus network when a valid event ticket is presented.
From 4-15 April 2018, the Gold Coast will welcome 6,600 athletes and team officials from 70 nations and territories across the Commonwealth - representing more than one third of the world’s population.
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