TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The ticket counter for badminton was seen empty on Friday morning, August 24. “Since yesterday, the badminton tickets are only available online,” said the ticket clerk.
Besides badminton, the tickets for volleyball, swimming, football, 5x5 basketball and 3x3 basketball are also sold via online only.
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It is suspected that the games organizer resorted to this policy to avert long queues of would-be spectators.
Ghina, a visitor, felt disappointed with the new policy. “Yesterday, the online tickets were sold out, so I arrived early in the morning to buy the ticket offline, but the ticket counter was closed,” she said.
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However, the offline tickets for other sports are still available, such as squash, archery, hockey, softball, fencing, and jiu-jitsu.
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