Ceremonies tickets available per session in Special Ticket Offer

More than 675,000 tickets, of the 1,248,862 allocated to the public through the ballot, were sold through the Ticket Ballot from the 13 March-22 April 2005, resulting in the most successful ballot in Commonwealth Games history. In total 59 of the 241 sessions available were fully subscribed through the Ticket Ballot including all sessions of Track Cycling, Diving and Synchronised Swimming and finals of the Men’s and Women’s Hockey, Basketball and Netball.

View the overall results of the most successful ballot in Commonwealth Games history.

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

Opening Ceremony

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	7,903	6,863	1,040
B	15,348	5,176	10,172
C	17,222	16,723	499
D	5,161	5,161	0
F	5,161	5,161	0
Total	50,795	39,084	11,711

Closing Ceremony

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	7,997	1,788	6,209
B	15,516	2,591	12,925
C	17,410	7,619	9,791
D	5,218	5,218	0
F	5,218	5,218	0
Total	51,359	22,434	28,925

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