PyeongChang 2018 ticket applications: success or disappointment?

by Khaya South Africa
May 8, 2017
1 min read

The sport-loving South Korean public are eagerly awaiting to find out if they were successful in applying for tickets ahead of the 2018

Those who applied through the first phase will find out if they were successful or not on Monday or Tuesday. If successful, they will have until 21 May 2017 to complete payment for the tickets.

Short track speed skating, figure skating and speed skating tickets brought the highest demand, while the opening and closing ceremonies were also popular.

"The ticketing process for PyeongChang is well underway, and it is great to see the interest from the people of South Korea in our most popular sports and of course the ceremonies which will be a wonderful showcase of our culture to the rest of the world," said PyeongChang 2018 president Lee Hee-beom.

"The Games will be a wonderful celebration across all of the 15 sport disciplines on offer. We want to build on the amazing atmosphere experienced by so many when we last held an Olympic Games back in the summer of 1988 in Seoul.

"All those who attended the Games 30 years ago will still have strong memories, and we want as many people as possible to come to the Games next year to make memories of their own and experience something new and exciting at PyeongChang 2018."

About 160,000 tickets will be allocated for the Games, with specific seat numbers to be announced in September this year, when the allocation is completed.