Source: Xinhua
02-17-2009 08:22
Special Report: Harbin 24th Winter UniversiadeHARBIN, Northeast China, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Tickets are on hot sale, especially for speed-skating and short track speed-skating events at the coming 24th Winter Universiade, concerned officials said on Monday.
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| Feb. 16, 2009 (Xinhua) -- The graphics shows the brief introduction of Harbin which is the host city of the 24th winter universiade on Feb. 16, 2009. (Xinhua/Ma Yan) |
With two more days to go before the competitions start, "tickets for some events are already sold out, especially those speed-skating events," said a selling staff of the sole ticketing company for the Universiade.
A total of 370,000 tickets will be sold for the 81 events in 12 sports during the Feb. 18-28 winter sports gala.
The ticketing service of this year's Winter Universiade will adopt "first-come-first-serve" policy, and the selling service has been in full swing since January 5, 2009.
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