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150 US dollars?
150K KRW = $127USD for the cheapest seats and they go as high as $679USD. The prices are pretty standard compared to previous Olympics.
150 US dollars?
If it is true it is quite generous to Korean public. I think in Sochi they started with 30% reserved - 20% Russian public - 50% other countries for individual events. For team event it was more lenient to the general public. That's why individual tickets were gone minutes after the sales started. And the team event was offered for a while. Well, as international quota was not used we ended up with similar 70-30: various FS tickets suddenly became available.
If only 30% of FS tickets are offered internationally chances are very slim that they will be in open sales in Russia: whatever quota we are going to have will be likely taken by officials and VIPs or companies arranging total packages. However, if good seats officially cost $700 per event I don't foresee a business for resellers. Say, 3 events for a couple plus gala is $5600 officially - kind of harsh. With resellers' markup the number of Russians who can and would like to afford these prices will be minuscule. And to fly to Korea and to sit at the very top - well, I'd rather watch on a big screen at home.
But if there are no good FS tickets available I am going to pass on Olympics.
Remember there will be Official Ticket Re-sellers, as for Vancouver and Sochi. Each re-seller will have a certain quota of tickets according to the population of the countries for each. They also offer packs for hotels, hostels and airplane tickets. I advise you to wait until there is an official anouncement, because buying with re-sellers is easier than by the Olympics web-site. I learnt it from last year
If someone is truly a fan, the cost won't bother them as they're paying for the experience as well
2010..
tickets only available through registration, then lottery... i didn't win figure skating.. NOTHING... i was willing to pay several hundred dollars for it, which was the price of the LPs... but it was sold out... i went to curling... 150 seems like a joke.. if you have a chance to go... just do it !
I was obsessed with curling during those games. OBSESSED.
will they be at higher prices with re sale though? I think the US resale site is ticketmaster which doesn't fill me with a alot of hope...But would to love hear any details from your previous Olympics buying experience!
How do we buy them now that it is February?
CoSport? Tickets go on sale 2/9.
https://www.cosport.com/#olympics
You can always find a travel company that is doing a hotel/ticket/airfare package to guarantee your tickets and then all the planning is done for you. Likely you spend much more $ doing that but it does save people headaches and planning time as this is a massive event.
Is this seller for international audience as well that is not listed in the countries with official resellers?
I went to Pyeongchang's website to purchase but it turns out they only sell tickets to locals right now. There are official ticket resellers though but they're only for Japan, Hongkong, China, and Singapore. *sigh
From their website:
"If you do not find an agent listed for your country, it means that your country’s National Olympic Committee has not yet finalised its arrangements to offer tickets in your country. As PyeongChang 2018’s list of agents is continually updated, please check back in future to see if an appointment has been made. PyeongChang 2018 is committed to ensuring people in all countries have the opportunity to buy tickets for the Winter Olympic Games. Please note that starting in late 2017 PyeongChang 2018 will allow spectators from all countries worldwide to buy tickets directly from our own website. "
My question is: is it possible to purchase tickets from these sellers if you're from a different country? I'd really like to get but I don't want to wait until late of 2017 because the tickets might be all gone by then.