Organisers for the Rio 2016 Games have revealed ticket pricing aimed at making attendance “as affordable as possible,” with tickets for the 100m final set to cost just half of what it did at London 2012.
Athletics fans keen to see Usain Bolt target a third straight 100 and 200m golden double will pay a maximum of 12000 Brazilian reais ($545) compared to the $1160 London equivalent.
7.5 million tickets will go on sale for the August 5-21 event in Brazil, with roughly half available for sports fans to buy according to the organisers – around 3.8 mllion – for 70 Brazilian reais or under across 717 events in 28 sports.
There will be five price categories: A for the most expensive, to E for the cheapest, including the opening ceremony at the Maracana stadium, where the best seats will cost around 4,600 reais ($1973) and the cheapest at only 200 reais ($86).
Top category tickets for the football final in Rio will be 900 reais ($386), with the women’s preliminary games priced at 70 reais and the men’s at 100 ($43).
Tickets to the men’s and women’s tennis trophy matches will be priced at around 700 reais ($300).
There are also cheap tickets for sports such as basketball, beach volleyball, mountain biking, field hockey and weightlifting, with prices as little as 40 reais ($17).
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