The Games will be held in more than 40 venues , the majority in and around Tokyo , with some events for soccer, baseball, and softball further afield. Japanese architect Kengo Kuma supervised the design, taking inspiration from Edo-period temples and working largely in cedar and larch wood. There are also packages , which bundle together accommodations and tickets, and sometimes include transportation and VIP hospitality passes.
Tickets went on sale last year and continue to be available. But anyone outside of Japan has to buy tickets from the authorized ticket reseller in their country of residence. At this point, most tickets to individual events through CoSport are sold out, except for basketball, boxing, volleyball including beach volleyball , and track and field events.
While this was originally scheduled to begin in spring , it has been postponed until further notice given the postponement of the games as a whole. If you have already purchased tickets to the Olympics, the IOC says your tickets will be honored in If you are no longer able to attend, you will be refunded.
If for any reason the Games can no longer secure your place say, if the event you have tickets to is being moved to a smaller venue , your tickets will be refunded. For questions about any of the above, reach out to the authorized ticket seller you purchased from. Chicago and Dallas are looking comparable to New York.
Prices are anywhere from two to four times what they would normally be. The events debuting at the Tokyo Games are sport climbing, surfing, skateboarding, and karate, with baseball and softball returning for the first time since Beijing in These debuts join perennial crowd-pleasers like gymnastics, swimming, and track — the three sports that were the most watched in the U.
A total of 33 sports made the cut for inclusion in the Games this year. Finding a hotel for the Olympics is complicated. Takishima will get his money back but feels there's no compensation for losing the chance to cheer on Japanese athletes competing on home turf. He had planned to give tickets to employees at his businesses who hadn't been to Olympics elsewhere.
You have to go there and see it for yourself. Takishima's interest in sports came relatively late, after he attended a figure-skating competition in Japan in and found himself amazed by the power and grace of the skaters. His first Olympics was the Turin Winter Games in , where strangers in the stands congratulated him after Japanese skater Shizuka Arakawa scooped a gold.
He had planned to be at 28 events this summer, for a lifetime total of sessions -- breaking the record of held by another super-fan. At those times, I say to myself, 'this is no big deal compared to the tears shed by that athlete. Takishima said he was angry with organisers and the government for failing to find a way to let spectators into venues safely, especially given the vast crowds of commuters crossing Tokyo every day. East London's Victoria Park -- the nearest to Olympic Park -- will be throwing one of the biggest parties for the duration of the Games.
Entry is free, but you can also book tickets for rides on a meter foot observation wheel and a meter-long zipline, both with views of Olympic Park. Catch the action on two giant screens, check out the action in the fun zones, sample food stands, and stop by the sports areas.
The park will be open from 11am daily July Aug. Get a bird's-eye view of Olympic venues. London 's 02 Arena -- known as North Greenwich Arena during the Games -- will host Olympic events including basketball and artistic gymnastics. No ticket? Watch the Olympic Cycling Road Race. July 28 and July 29 are the days when you'll have a chance to spot some fast-moving men and women in the Olympic Cycling Road Race. Saturday from 10am to 4pm is the men's event, while the women race on Sunday from noon to 4pm.
Download a map of the route -- km miles for men; km 87 miles for women -- which runs from The Mall down into Surrey and back again. See the Triathlon in Hyde Park. See three events in one at Hyde Park , where some of the hardiest competitors will be tackling the Triathlon: a 1. The women's competition is set for Aug. Arrive early for the best viewing spots: stake your claim by the Hercules monument; by the Wellington Arch, the south side of the Serpentine bridge the bridge itself will be closed to the public during the event ; by the Serpentine Lido; along South Carriage drive; and just inside the park near Knightsbridge and Marble Arch tube stations.
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