Want to See an Event in Person? No tickets?!

It's not too late!

You have several options... first - beg your friend that spent many hours on at least one of the three previous ticket occasions attempting to secure their Olympic memories if you can join them! Two - check out a non-official ticket selling venue such as eBay or Craigslist.

Three - visit Vancouver2010.com and look at the following three options; Fan-to-Fan Marketplace, yes they're above face value, but they're genuine and guaranteed; Official Auctions, if you do the math the tickets are normally priced similar or even at cheaper prices than the Fan-to-Fan Marketplace prices; Day Of Ticket Releases, if there's time these will be online... but your better bet may be to show up early at the venue and keep your fingers crossed!

Hope you enjoy 2010!

2010 Ticket Update! More Available Soon...

As VANOC finalizes the seating arrangements for media in the various Winter Olympic Venues they are coming up with an extra 50-200 seats on average.

This includes in-demand events and "it" items such as the Men's Gold Medal Ice Hockey game!

The catch this time is that they're won't be any official time that the tickets become available. Throughout this week, no exact time or date given, the available tickets will be posted, probably a sport or even match at a time.

The trick to getting your hands on these precious few tickets? Twitter. Or rather following, very closely I might add, the official tweeter of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games @2010Tweets, and have that mouse ready for some fast clicking.

Tip :: Make sure you're ticket account on Vancouver2010.com is ready to go prior to spotting those precious tweets to ensure you minimize time waste.

Still Opportunities to Come to Vancouver 2010...

There's still nearly 25 days prior to the Vancouver 2010 Opening Ceremonies.

One can still find reasonably priced accommodation in both Vancouver and Whistler.

Plenty of free or nearly free events happening in Vancouver and Whistler.

Many events still have availability at original prices directly from VANOC, especially if you're willing to sit in a partially obstructed view seat (10-50% view obstruction).

Virtually every event has significant availability through the official Vancouver 2010 Fan-to-Fan Marketplace.

What are you waiting for... this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Anybody Buying Tickets? Anybody Selling Tickets?

VANOC has just launched their official Fan-to-Fan Marketplace for 2010 tickets.

If you have some extra tickets that you won't be able to use or if you didn't get the tickets you want this Fan-to-Fan Marketplace is your only way to gaurantee that your ticket purchases are 100% legitimate.

Legitimacy is handled in the following manner. Only tickets bought from VANOC can be listed there. Secondly, once tickets are sold, the original tickets become null and void and the purchaser picks up a new set of tickets, with a new barcode, from a VANOC Ticket Outlet.

Sellers are allowed to list tickets for any price they choose, so long as it is not less than face value. Both sellers and purchasers pay a 10% fee to VANOC.

To see what's available and at what prices you will have to create a ticketing account and sign in. Once you've searched a particular event be sure to scroll down until you see the Fan-to-Fan Marketplace section.

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My Tickets Arrived...

Well today was a pretty exciting day for me... I received a special package in the mail from COVAN (the French spelling of VANOC)!

The package was my Olympic Tickets for the Vancouver 2010 games as well as an Official Spectator Guide will all sorts of fun facts, schedules, maps, and more!

Here's a picture of the package...


I'll update you on more details from the Official Spectator Guide over the coming weeks...

2 New 2010 Ticketing Opportunities @ 10AM

VANOC has just released two more amazing Olympic opportunities for 2010...

1) Figure Skating Training Sessions
Watch the world's best figure skating athletes practice at the Pacific Coliseum before they go head-to-head in competition. Tickets are only $30*, while supplies last.

Date / Time / Training Session

Feb 13 07:00–13:00 Pairs/Men
Feb 15 07:00–13:00 Men/Pairs
Feb 18 07:00–13:00 Men/Ice Dance
Feb 20 07:00–13:00 Ladies/Ice Dance
Feb 21 07:00–12:00 Ice Dance/Ladies
Feb 22 07:00–13:00 Ice Dance/Ladies
Feb 24 07:00–12:10 Ladies

Please note: use of training time is at the discretion of the athletes and their coaching staff. Athlete appearances are not guaranteed.

2) Paralympic Closing Ceremony
This unique, large-scale celebration will celebrate the world's greatest Paralympic athletes while capturing the spirit and personality of Whistler, British Columbia and Canada. The Paralympic Closing Ceremony will take place on March 21, 2010 at Whistler Medals Plaza, a beautiful outdoor venue in the heart of Whistler. Tickets are only $60*, while supplies last.

Purchase these online TODAY, starting at 10AM PST from Vancouver2010.com/tickets.

Book Your Olympic Bus Network Tix

Today officially marks the start of the booking window for your Olympic Bus Network Tickets.

If you are or will be in the Metro Vancouver area during the 2010 Games and have tickets for events at Cypress or in Whistler then you can start to book your travel on the Olympic Bus Network.

It is highly advisable that you book this ASAP as there will NOT be parking at Olympic Venues.

Click here to read more.

Final Ticket Phase On Now

The final ticket phase started yesterday at 10AM PST. As of the entry of this blog post there are still many tickets available including some medal qualification rounds in both Curling & Ice Hockey!

Make sure you secure your chance to officially be a part of the Games.

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Olympic Ticket Prices

Sounds like there's some misinformation regarding ticket prices for the 2010 games in Vancouver so we'd like to dispel some of that.

Ticket prices start as low as $22CDN!

For Vancouver victory ceremonies at BC Place stadium, the same location of the Opening & Closing ceremonies, all tickets are only $22!

For sport events you can find tickets for as low as $25CDN!

For a complete list of ticket prices click here.

Please note, in this 3rd and final round of ticket sales all price categories may not be available.

Olympic Ticket Site Fails Miserably

Unfortunately the 2010 website suffered some epic failures today resulting in barely any tickets being sold and the entire opening being postponed for one week by VANOC and Tickets.com.

Read more here.

You're next 'last' chance starts November 14 @ 10AM PST. ;)

Final Phase of Olympic & Paralympic Tickets Goes on Sale on Saturday

The third and final phase of Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games tickets will go on sale to Canadian residents this Saturday, November 7 at 10:00 am*.

What will be available? More than 100,000 tickets to Olympic sport and ceremony events in city venues, plus thousands of great seats to cheer on our Paralympic athletes in ice sledge hockey, alpine skiing and more!

Step 1: Select your sports and choose your events.

Step 2: Buy your tickets at vancouver2010.com/tickets

Step 3: Experience the 2010 Winter Games in person this February!

Important:
• In order to ensure access to the Vancouver 2010 ticketing website, previously registered customers are advised to sign in to their ticketing account before 12:00 pm Thursday, November 5 to ensure their username, address and password are up to date and functional.
• If you haven't requested or purchased Olympic or Paralympic tickets in earlier phases, save yourself time by registering your ticketing account before 12:00 pm this Thursday.
• In recognition of Visa's longstanding support of the Olympic and Paralympic Games we proudly accept only Visa.

For more info, click here.

Last Chance for Olympic Tickets is in Less than 24 hours!

Tomorrow, Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 10AM Pacific Standard Time, Canadians will likely have their final chance at tickets for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

More than 150,000 tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Tickets are expected to sell out quickly.

To get yours please visit vancouver2010.com and have your VISA ready!

If you are not a resident of Canada please contact your local Olympic Committee to attain tickets.

Less than a week until your next ticket opportunity...

Saturday, June 6th, 2009 is likely your last major opportunity to purchase standalone tickets to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver & Whistler, Canada.

More than 150,000 tickets will be available for purchase including tickets to every major event. Opening Ceremonies, Gold Medal Hockey Games, Speed Skating, Nightly Medal Ceremonies and more!

Tickets will go on sale at 10AM PST. Don't be late!

Visit vancouver2010.com for more info.

150,000 more tickets available on June 6

This is one day you don't want to sleep in on! June 6th, 2009.

If you're a Canadian resident this is your second chance to secure tickets to the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver and Whistler.

There's even going to be some tickets for both the "sold out" Opening Ceremony and Gold Medal Hockey Games!

Click here to read more.

Paralympic Tickets Still Available

There is still 2010 Paralympic ticket availability on Vancouver2010.com!

Tickets start as low as about $15, so get them while they last!

These athletes are in many ways much more impressive than the athletes which participate in the Olympic games.

Paralympic Tickets on Sale TODAY!

In one hour tickets go on sale for the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games!

Get your tickets at Vancouver2010.com

Paralympic Tickets Available Tomorrow :: 10AM PST

Tomorrow, May 6 at 10AM PST is you're first chance to get tickets to the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.

The tickets are much more reasonable than for the Olympic Games with athletes that are just as impressive.

Get your tickets here.

7-days Until Paralympic Tickets Available

In just seven days tickets to the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games will be available!

Paralympic athletes are the true heroes of the Olympic Games if you ask me. And if you don't believe me just watch this video from Canada's Rick Mercer:



For more Paralympic ticket info click here.

Cultural Olympiad Announcements & Tickets

The first 20 projects of the 2010 Cultural Olympiad have been announced and tickets are available!

Read all about these exciting events here.

One More Chance for 2010 Tickets...

There will certainly be opportunities to purchase tickets from scalpers during the 2010 Olympic games though this practice, despite being legal in British Columbia, is highly frowned upon by the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee.

So June 6th is theoretically the last official day to get 2010 tickets directly from VANOC. Tickets will be available at 10AM PST on a first-come, first-served basis.

Phase 2: June 6, 2009

Tickets remaining after Phase 1 will go on sale to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis. Canadian residents who missed the initial request period can purchase tickets directly through vancouver2010.com or by calling the Vancouver 2010 Ticketing Call Centre at 1-800-TICKETS (1-800-842-5387).

To purchase tickets you can try calling the numbers above or visiting vancouver2010.com on June 6th, 2009.