(ATR) Games organizers will offer some tickets costing ¥2,020 to mark the year of the Olympics.
The $18 tickets will be available for children, senior citizens and disabled people for preliminary-round events and the ceremonies, reported the Kyodo news agency. The number of tickets in this category is yet to be confirmed.
Under efforts to make the Paralympics more attractive and affordable, tickets costing less than $18 will be sold for events.
"We hope that a diverse audience enjoys the Olympics and fans generate a frenzied atmosphere in the stadium," Tokyo 2020’s ticketing strategy panel chair Sadahiko Kano was quoted as saying.
In May, the Japanese media reported that the most expensive opening ceremony tickets for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics would cost around $2,620 and $1,311 respectively.
Tokyo 2020 is set to present and seek approval of its ticket pricing plan at the IOC executive board meeting taking place July 18-19 in Lausanne. Tickets are due on sale next spring.
The 2020 Olympic ticketing system is modeled on the London 2012 Games, Tokyo 2020 has told Around the Rings.
For the London Olympics, there were 8.8 million tickets available with a wide range of prices – 90 percent of tickets were pegged at $135 or less, with about 25 percent costing $27 or less.
With golf and rugby and the five new sports for the Tokyo Olympics, there is more scope for 2020 chiefs to increase income from ticketing than London 2012.
Tokyo 2020's spokesman Masa Takaya said the ticketing panel has agreed a basic policy of "maximizing ticket revenues", based on the London 2012 Games ticketing model.
Ticketing is one of the items due for discussion when the IOC's 2020 coordination commission comes to Tokyo next week.
The IOC watchdog led by John Coates will scrutinize all aspects of Games preparations and planning from July 10 to 12. The opening session takes place at the Toranomon Hills Mori Tower.
Tokyo 2020 Yoshiro Mori, the city’s governor Yuriko Koike and Olympic minister Shunichi Suzuki will be among Games officials presenting updates to the IOC watchdog over the two days.
Reported by Mark Bisson
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