Combined Ticket Ballot and Special Ticket Offer results

More than 675,000 tickets, of the 1,248,862 allocated to the public, were sold through the Ticket Ballot from 13 March-22 April 2005, resulting in the most successful ballot in Commonwealth Games history. The Special Ticket Offer, open to all people who applied for tickets in the ballot, provided a further opportunity to obtain tickets and was open 13-26 June 2005. More than 573,387 tickets were available for sale in the offer, with 117,685 more ticket requests fulfilled.

The Ticket Ballot and Special Ticket Offer combined resulted in almost 800,000 tickets sold to the Australian public.

Follow the links below to view summaries of the tickets that are available in the Group Ticket Offer, by Session and by Price Category.

Ceremonies
Athletics
Badminton and Basketball
Boxing
Hockey and Lawn Bowls
Rugby 7s and Squash
Table Tennis and Weightlifting
Note that tickets to Aquatics (Diving, Swimming and Synchronised Swimming), Cycling, Gymnastics, Netball and Shooting are not available in the Group Ticket Offer.

Event totals below are consolidated totals and do not represent a session by session availability, except in the case of the Ceremonies totals which represent single sessions.

Event	Original quota	Tickets allocated in Ticket Ballot and Special Ticket Offer	Tickets available Group Ticket Offer
Opening Ceremony	50795	40760	10035
Closing Ceremony	51359	26396	24963
Aquatics - Diving	5328	5328	0
Aquatics - Swimming	54660	54660	0
Aquatics - Synchronised Swimming	1298	1298	0
Athletics	545500	282424	263076
Badminton	24955	10853	14102
Regional Basketball	8992	8761	231
Basketball - MPV	43813	42602	1211
Boxing	35440	16785	18655
Track Cycling	11020	11020	0
Cycling - Mountain Bike*	13029	13029	0
Gymnastics - Artistic	48800	48800	0
Gymnastics - Rhythmic	24764	24764	0
Hockey	71586	50048	21538
Lawn Bowls	13833	9660	4173
Netball	38012	38012	0
Rugby 7s	128996	63010	65986
Shooting - Clay Target	8000	6195	1805
Shooting - Full Bore	3006	380	2626
Shooting - Small Bore/Pistol	990	858	132
Squash	19418	7838	11580
Table Tennis	20980	13806	7174
Weightlifting	24288	15873	8415
All Events combined Ticket Ballot and Special Ticket Offer Total	1,248,862	793,160	455,702

* Adjusted for revised capacity.

Notes on Special Ticket Offer

- 573,387 tickets made available for sale

- 193,316 individual tickets requested

- 22,150 applications received

- Average of 8.5 tickets per order requested

- 117,685 ticket requests fulfilled

Go to the Ticketing section for more ticketing options and information.

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