Free tickets released to “allow a bigger Torch celebration event”
City of York Council has issued a statement saying that the Olympic Torch celebrations “at York Racecourse from 2.30pm on 19 July will become ticketed, to allow more people to join in the highly anticipated event”.
Anyone arriving at the Racecourse on “19th July” is likely to be seriously disappointed as the event is, of course, taking place on 19th JUNE
The FREE tickets for the events can be obtained from Visit York’s Visitor Information Centre on the corner of Museum Street and Blake Street, or from any York Explore Library Learning Centre, Acomb Explore on Front Street, Acomb, or Tang Hall Library on Fifth Avenue, Tang Hall. They will be available from 2pm on Friday 8 June.
Tickets will be limited to six tickets per applicant, all young people aged 14 years or under must be accompanied by an adult and admission will be by ticket only. (more…)