MILAN, Jan 22 (Reuters) - People aged 26 and under are being offered a "two for the price of one" deal on tickets for the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, organisers said on
Young Adults Offered 'Two for One' Ticket Deal for Milan Olympics Opening
Ticket Offer for Young People
MILAN, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Young people are being offered a "two for the price of one" deal on tickets for the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, organisers said on Thursday.
Details of the Ticket Deal
The offer is available for people aged 26 and under and applies to the cheapest category of tickets for the February 6 ceremony in Milan's San Siro stadium. The tickets normally cost 260 euros ($305) each.
Performers at the Opening Ceremony
The most expensive tickets for the ceremony cost 2,026 euros.
Overview of the Games
U.S. singer Mariah Carey and Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli are among the stars who have already been named to perform in the stadium. Chinese pianist Lang Lang and Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli were added to the line-up on Thursday.
The Games, co-hosted by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomites, run from February 6-22.
More than one million tickets have been sold so far out of a total of around 1.5 million available for the Olympics, and the Paralympics, which follow in March, local organisers said, adding the figure was in line with their expectations.
($1 = 0.8551 euros)
(Reporting by Keith Weir and Elvira PollinaWriting by Keith WeirEditing by Toby Davis and Crispian Balmer)
