Commonwealth Games tickets in high demand

MORE than 2.3 million tickets have been requested in the first phase of applications for next year’s Commonwealth Games.
By The Newsroom
Published 17th Sep 2013, 01:01 BST

Only around a million tickets were available when the process opened on August 19 and as the deadline passed at 6pm yesterday organisers said a number of high-profile sports were heavily oversubscribed.

Staff will review the applications and ballots will take place to decide who gets tickets to the most popular sports, which include diving, swimming, athletics, cycling, gymnastics and judo.

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Applicants will hear if they have been successful in the first week of October, while unsold tickets will be offered again in a general sale later this year.

The Games begin on July 23 and will involve 4,500 athletes.