In total, approximately two million tickets will go on sale for the Paralympic Games on September 9, 2011, while a London Travelcard will be included with the price of a ticket for the day of the event.

Ticket applications from the public will be accepted between September 9-30, 2011 with prices starting at £10 ($16) for adults and £5 ($8) for those who are 16 and under or 60 and over.

London 2012 chief executive Paul Deighton said: "The Paralympic Games will light up London with quite simply brilliant sport next year.

"The UK is the spiritual home of the Paralympic Movement and with superb medal prospects for ParalympicsGB we believe that the British public will come out in their thousands to watch.

"We have created a fair pricing structure, which we hope will encourage people to come along and create fantastic atmospheres at our venues.

"We would encourage people to sign up now at www.tickets.london2012.com to learn more about Paralympic sports.

"We believe we have a creative and fair ticketing strategy which will help us deliver a hugely successful Paralympic Games in 2012."

Tickets for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies start at £20.12 ($33.15) with the top end price at £500 ($824) for the Opening Ceremony.

Different types of tickets will be available for the Paralympic Games whereby some sessions are reserved seating and others have general admission, which means spectators will choose their seat on arrival at the venue on a first come, first served basis.

Special ticket products have also been developed for the Paralympic Games, including day passes which will enable ticketholders to see a range of sports taking place in the Olympic Park or at ExCeL on that day on a general admission basis.

This will enable spectators to see several different sports – from wheelchair tennis, wheelchair rugby, goalball, five-a-side football, wheelchair basketball and seven-a-side football in the Olympic Park, to judo, table tennis, sitting volleyball, wheelchair fencing, boccia and powerlifting at ExCeL.

Tickets for athletics, cycling, swimming and some finals of other sports will be sold on a reserved seating basis only.

London 2012 has also developed an innovative group organiser ticket scheme which will see those who apply for 20 tickets or more per session receiving additional tickets at no extra charge.

A group organiser applying for 20 tickets would receive two extra tickets at no extra charge, an application of 30 tickets would receive a total of 33 tickets and so on, up to someone applying for 50 tickets receiving a total of 55 tickets.

With the Paralympic Games taking place during school term time, London 2012 will work through its Get Set education network to encourage schools to consider purchasing group tickets for the Paralympic Games.

Children from a local school joined Barnoness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Britain's best-known Paralympian with 11 gold medals, and David Weir, the double Beijing 2008 champion, to launch the scheme. 


Minister for Sport and the Olympics Hugh Robertson said: "The London 2012 Paralympic Games will be the pinnacle for many of our Paralympic athletes and will be a fantastic spectacle of competitive sport.

"I would encourage everyone to apply for tickets not to miss out on this once in a lifetime chance to see the Games on home soil."

Wheelchair spaces will be available in all price categories for every Paralympic sport, subject to availability.

As with the Olympic Games, the price of a ticket for a wheelchair space will include a companion seat next to it.

Applicants who are deaf or have a hearing impairment, visually impaired people or people with limited mobility can indicate additional requirements.

The London 2012 "Ticketcare" scheme will also run for the Paralympic Games whereby any successful ticket applicant with high dependency care needs can apply for an additional ticket for their carer or PA.

Sir Philip Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), said: "It is fantastic to see that already more than one million people have signed up for tickets and have expressed their interest to experience Paralympic Sport first hand in London in 2012.

"We hope that London continues the success of high ticket sales of the recent Paralympics as we approach 2012."

Tim Reddish, chairman of ParalympicsGB, added: "The start of the tickets going on sale is a very exciting moment for everyone involved in the Paralympic Games in 2012.

"I really encourage the public to seize the opportunity of seeing the spectacular sport that the Paralympic Games has to offer, and to get behind the British team by filling the stadia with British supporters."

The Paralympic Games takes place between 29 August and 9 September 2012, with 20 sports taking place at 19 venues and it is expected that over 4,000 athletes will compete from 170 countries around the world.

Meanwhile London 2012 will host International Paralympic Day on September 8, 2011, which will showcase a number of sports.

Those interested can signing up for Paralympic tickets can click here.  

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