Tickets for Opening & Closing Ceremonies to go on sale on July 26

Guangzhou, July 21 - Tickets for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Para Games will go on sale to the public worldwide at 10am on July 26, announced the organisers at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.

From 10am July 26 to 5pm August 15, 2010, the public can log on the Official Ticketing Website of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games and Asian Para Games (tickets.gz2010.cn) or go to 400 designated ticket sale branches of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) across China to submit your request for the tickets.

Ten thousand tickets will be available for the Asian Para Games Opening Ceremony and another 10,000 for the Closing Ceremony, ranging from RMB50 to 1,000.

Applicants must make payments first before getting eligible for ticket lottery in September. Thenthe organisers will send confirmation letters to lottery winners and return payments to other applicants. Tickets will be delivered to lottery winners in October.

The Official Ticketing Website of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games and Asian Para Games: tickets.gz2010.cn

The Ticketing Hotline: +8620 1258088

(Wang Lei)