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18 percent of Olympic tickets sold in Japan to be refunded
A three-week refund window for domestic tickets closed Nov.30, and organizers said about 810,000 of the 4.45 million tickets sold in Japan would be refunded and resold at a later date.
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The giant Olympic rings are pictured two days before the start of the one-year countdown to the Tokyo Olympics that have been postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, at the waterfront area at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo, Japan July 21, 2020. (Reuters/Issei Kato)
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bout 18 percent of tickets sold in Japan for next year's coronavirus-postponed Olympics will be refunded, Tokyo 2020 organizers said Thursday, with over 3.6 million seats still reserved domestically for the Games.
A three-week refund window for domestic tickets closed Nov.30, and organizers said about 810,000 of the 4.45 million tickets sold in Japan would be refunded and resold at a later date.
A refund application window for Paralympics tickets bought in Japan will run from Dec. 1-21. People who purchased tickets elsewhere in the world have been told to seek refunds from local retailers.
The Games were postponed in March in the first peacetime delay of an Olympics, and are now scheduled to start on July 23, 2021.
Organizers this week laid out a raft of safety measures they said would make it possible to hold the Games, even if the pandemic has not been brought under control.
While International Olympic Committee boss Thomas Bach has said he is "very confident" spectators will be allowed at next year's event, he has also warned full stadiums may not be possible as the pandemic rages on.
A decision on the number of spectators allowed is not expected until next spring.
Organizers have promised more reimbursements if events are cancelled, or fewer seats are available because of coronavirus safety measures.
