Tens of thousands of Hongkongers rush to buy tickets to shows by mainland China’s Olympians
Tens of thousands of Hongkongers have rushed to snag tickets to performances of mainland China’s Olympians due to visit the city next week.
More than 37,000 residents joined the online queue at 10am on Thursday to secure a spot in the badminton, gymnastics and table tennis shows by the mainland Olympians. It became the longest queue of all performances.
Following closely behind was the swimming and diving demonstrations queue, with more than 34,000 people in line.
Both queues to sports demonstration shows had a waiting time that exceeded two hours.
The gala show, which will be held on August 30, has attracted over 12,000 people to queue at 10am, incurring an estimated waiting time of 55 minutes.
The national team will visit the city from August 29 to 31.
About 5,300 tickets, priced at HK$20 each, will be available for a gala show that begins at 8pm on August 30 and demonstrations by the medallists the following morning.
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