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Linsey Johnstone

Dear Glasgow 2014 Limited,

Can you supply the breakdown by postcode , town, city or region of successful applicants for tickets for this years games?

Yours faithfully,

Linsey Johnstone

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Dear Linsey,
Thank you for your information request regarding Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games tickets.

Glasgow 2014 Ltd. (the Organising Committee) is a private company and is not subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. However, through the Information Disclosure Policy that the Organising Committee has voluntarily adopted (available on our website or on request) we have sought to recognise the importance of disclosing appropriate information wherever possible and are therefore choosing to respond to your information requests as follows:

There was unprecedented levels of demand for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Ticketing Programme:

• 92% of available public tickets were sold by the end of the first phase of sale
• 60% of tickets sold were £25 or under by the end of the first phase of sale
• 22% of tickets were sold to under 16s or over 60s by the end of the first phase of sale
• 11 of 17 sports sold-out of available tickets by the end of the first phase of sale
• Over 2.3 million tickets requested (with up to 30,000 customers trying to buy tickets on the website at the same time) by the end of the first phase of sale.

Research revealed that 57% of tickets were purchased by applicants at a Scottish address (22% within Greater Glasgow); a further 40% were purchased by applicants at an address elsewhere in the UK; and 3% were purchased by applicants at an address internationally. Tickets to Commonwealth nations are from an additional quota, sold through the Commonwealth Games Associations themselves, which means the overall numbers of international visitors will rise.

Ticket sales indicate the Games will deliver a significant boost to tourism in 2014 – the year Scotland welcomes the world. In October 2013, Lonely Planet put Scotland in the top three places to visit next year, thanks to its jam-packed schedule of world-class events. The Commonwealth Games is the biggest of those events, helping to ensure that Scotland is the place to be in 2014.

I hope this is information is useful and thank you for your interest in the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Best wishes,

Glasgow 2014

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