The Tokyo 2020 ticket design has been unveiled
Today celebrates six months to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and all is on track
Tokyo 2020 spokesperson Masa Takaya says that “With the Olympic year finally here, everything is coming together. We’ve spent the last seven years working toward this, and now with just six months to go we’re excited to see the pieces falling into place. From venues to volunteers to ticketing, preparations are exactly where we want them to be at the six-month mark”
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games recently unveiled the designs of the tickets for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, with each ticket featuring a sport pictogram that corresponds to the specific discipline, a venue pictogram, the Tokyo 2020 Games emblem, and is colour-coded according to the venue and the city hosting the ticketed event.
The design of the tickets is based on the Look of the Games, the visual identity of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. It is inspired by the three types of rectangular shapes that form the Tokyo 2020 Emblems and the Japanese technique known as kasane no irome, a colour scheme used in the creation of fabrics used for kimonos during the Heian Period (794-1185). Having been traditionally used in the design of costumes for celebratory occasions, this colour scheme reflects the overlapping natural colours representative of each of Japan’s four seasons.
The tickets also include the official Tokyo 2020 sport pictograms, designed to communicate the characteristics and athleticism of each sport, as well as artistically highlight the dynamism of athletes. Olympic Games sport pictograms were first introduced at the Tokyo 1964 Games, which arose from a need to communicate visually to an increasingly international group of athletes and spectators and, since then, pictograms have been created for every edition of the Games
A total of 59 Olympic tickets and 25 Paralympic ticket designs for all competition events were unveiled and delivery of the tickets will start in May
At the close of the second phase of ticket sales, a total of 4.48 million tickets had been purchased by the general public in Japan and there will be one final round of sales worldwide on a first-come, first-serve basis, to take place this spring.
Overseas ticket sales commenced on 20 June 2019 when people living outside of Japan became able to purchase tickets through Authorised Ticket Resellers (ATRs) in their home countries
And just in case you didn't know what those equestrian tickets you buy will entitle you see, here's a one-minute overview of the equestrian disciplines ...
