TORONTO — Organizers for the Pan Am Games say more than 900,000 tickets have now been sold for the multi-sport event taking place in Toronto and surrounding communities.
Ticket sales had initially been somewhat of a concern as only about 800,000 of 1.4 million tickets had been sold before the Games officially began last Friday.
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But as the event entered its first full week, organizers said nearly 25,000 tickets were sold on Monday — a record-breaking figure for a single day of sales.
Ticket sales are expected to cover about $40 million of the Games’ $2.5 billion budget, with the rest coming from the federal, provincial and local governments.
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Saad Rafi, CEO of the TO2015 organizing committee, says organizers fully expect to sell at least a million tickets before the Games are done.
He says walk-up sales – where spectators purchase their tickets at kiosks rather than online – have been significant since the Games began.
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