20pct Ticket of Asian Games Closing Ceremony Allotted for Sponsor
1 September 2018 11:14 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Asian Games Organizing Committee (INASGOC) designated 20 percent of total tickets of Asian Games closing ceremony for VIP guest and organizer sponsors. The closing ceremony will take place on Sunday, September 2.
“[We prepare] a total of 55,000 seats in the closing ceremony,” said INASGOC ticketing director Sarman Simanjorang in a press conference at Jakarta Convention Center, Senayan, Friday.
Sarman explained the public was beset to purchase closing ceremony tickets through online website blibli.com, tiket.com, and loket.com since the available tickets have been booked but have not paid yet.
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According to Sarman, the booked yet paid tickets could be later purchased by other buyers via the website.
“We did not sell tickets via offline following our evaluation on the emerge of ticket scalpers. Now buyers should not have to print the ticket, e-ticket can be used automatically for entry,” he added.
However, Sarman admitted he could not wholly stem ticket scalpers at the 2018 Asian Games closing ceremony. “They may also follow the technology development, so we strive to cope with them by allowing the purchase of five tickets at most per person,” he said.
ANTARA