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Tickets still available for most World Games events

Tickets still available for most World Games events

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – With The World Games opening ceremonies on Thursday, July 7, there are still tickets available as of Wednesday night.

The $35 day pass tickets are no longer available, but tickets are still available for most of the events.

The day pass tickets allow you to attend multiple events in a day, but seating is on a first come/first serve basis.

We’re told over 350,000 tickets have been sold so far for the World Games. CEO Nick Sellers says the opening ceremony is down to about a thousand tickets from being a sellout. We checked Wednesday and some of the bigger events like Sumo wrestling are sold out.

You won’t be able to park close to certain event venues for security reasons, so you are highly encouraged to arrive early to get a good seat.

“There are some venues that are smaller than others, but generally we should have plenty of seating capacity for fans. If a venue is full obviously it will be first in and first out so we want to encourage people to get there early, but for the most part you should have no problem getting a seat and watching the action,” Sellers said.

If you are coming to the opening ceremony at Protective Stadium, get there early. A lot of roads are closed downtown for security reasons. Nelly, Sara Evans and the band Alabama are set to perform along a parade of athletes and much more.

Tickets are still available for the closing ceremony as well. Alabama native Lionel Richie is set to headline the star-studded event.

You can find tickets here: https://am.ticketmaster.com/twg2022/

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BBB warns of fake tickets for summer events being sold online

BBB warns of fake tickets for summer events being sold online

COLCHESTER, CT (WFSB) – Concerts, fun runs, and beer crawls might be on the docket this summer, but the Better Business Bureau is warning of scams they’ve been seeing recently.

Not everything you see online is true, and that also goes for tickets being sold online.

“Well, it’s really frustrating because you know, $85 is not a lot of money, until someone just takes it from you,” said Alicia Chambers, scam victim.

You likely see the ads popping up in your social media feeds.

Nationwide people are buying tickets to what they think are real events that end up being fake.

“People are finally ready to get out. The pandemic is getting better, people want to interact, they want to socialize. There are all of these events, people are waiting to participate in,” said Kristen Johnson, Director of Communications for the Better Business Bureau.

Johnson said these scams happen so easily, but people don’t realize when things don’t quite match up.

“They’re seeing these advertisements, they’re going to the websites, they seem professional, they buy the tickets and then shortly before the event, it gets canceled and there’s no way to get in contact with the people they bought the tickets from. That’s when they realize this is a scam,” Johnson said.

That exact thing happened to Alicia Chambers.

She was planning on going to the Bubble Run in Memphis with her daughter, and after spending $82, it never ended up happening.

“The Facebook page that they had looks really cool. You’re running through bubbles, it sounds like such a fun event and it’s not happening, and it sounds like it never was going to happen,” said Chambers.

She said the website looked so real.

Johnson said scammers will copy real websites and make them their own.

“So what you want to do is not only look at the website, but look for contact information, contact the people behind these events and make sure there’s a real person there. A lot of time, these scammers are halfway across the globe,” said Johnson.

“I wish that I would have done a little more research on this event so that i would have known that it probably was not a good idea,” said Chambers.

One thing to lookout for is this: “https”.

The “s” means it’s a secure website, and you’re more likely to have protections if you pay on a secure website.

BBB Connecticut has not received any specific reports of people in Connecticut being victimized, but they know if it’s happening nationwide, it’s most likely happening here.

To report a scam to the BBB, click here.

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2022 Commonwealth Games schedule, events, tickets and more: Everything you need to know

2022 Commonwealth Games schedule, events, tickets and more: Everything you need to know

With the exception of an interruption during World War II, the Commonwealth Games have taken place every four years since 1930 – and athletes from 72 nations are heading to the showpiece in Birmingham in 2022.

There will be 286 sessions across 11 days in the UK city, covering 19 sports from 3×3 basketball to mixed synchronised diving.

The Maldives is the newest entrant on the countries list, taking on the runaway most successful country in the history of the Games, Australia, as well as hosts England and the likes of Canada, India and Kenya.

The Sporting News looks at some of the key details involved in one of the most anticipated sporting spectacles of the summer.

Where are the 2022 Commonwealth Games?

When it first formulated its bidding route in 2016, Birmingham, England had been targeting the 2026 Games. That changed when Durban, South Africa was stripped of the showpiece in March 2017 after failing to meet financial deadlines.

Liverpool also expressed an interest, and the UK government decided to back the Birmingham bid, which hit a hitch when the federation behind the Games declared its plan “not fully compliant” and extended a deadline for potential rival bids.

The West Midlands city eventually triumphed, winning praise for the diversity of a local population containing people originating from all of the Commonwealth member federations.

There are 16 venues hosting events, including flagship setting the Alexander Stadium in Perry Barr, which will have a capacity of around 30,000 thanks to temporary seating and has been renovated at a cost of £72 million ($87.8 million).

The arena in nearby city Coventry will host judo and wrestling, and the glorious Cannock Chase Forest is a picturesque backdrop for cycling.

The Sandwell Aquatics Centre will put on the pool events, and the iconic Edgbaston Stadium – best known as the home of Warwickshire – will welcome T20 cricket.

When is the 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony?

Up to a billion people are expected to tune in when the opening ceremony takes place at a full-capacity Alexander Stadium on July 28, overseen by Games Creative Director Iqbal Khan.

The ceremony will take place 10 years and a day after the opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games, with two-time British Academy of Film and Television Arts award-winner Hamish Hamilton as broadcast director.

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Steven Knight, the creator of hit Birmingham-set TV series Peaky Blinders, is also part of a team featuring award-winning writer Maeve Clarke and rapper Joshua ‘RTKal’ Holness.

Alexander Stadium will also host the closing ceremony on August 8, which is being described as an “emotional and exciting” event honouring international sport and “the pride and passion that comes with representing one’s country”.

Games chief creative officer Martin Green has promised CGI, special effects and more. “The core creative team assembled to imagine the Opening Ceremony is drawn from a diverse range of disciplines, from theatre to literature, TV to stage production,” he said.

Which new sports are in the 2022 Commonwealth Games? 

Women’s T20 Cricket is one of three new sports blazing a Commonwealth Games trail in Birmingham, which has the perfect venue in Edgbaston, a stadium with a history stretching all the way back to 1882.

“It’s massively exciting for women’s cricket to get an opportunity like this at Birmingham 2022,” said England all-rounder Nat Sciver, speaking after the addition of her sport was announced.

“We are always looking to grow cricket and to take it to as many people as possible and the platform of Birmingham 2022 will really help that.”

While cricket has a long and fascinating history in the area, beach volleyball is less readily associated with the urbanity of Birmingham, which should make its presence at the Games a compelling novelty.

The sport will have a home at the Smithfield Market site, which was originally opened on the site of a demolished manor house in 1817 and cleared 101 years later as part of a £1.9 billion ($2.3 billion) regeneration project.

Smithfield will also host the basketball 3×3 competitions and seat up to 4,000 spectators, and another new sport, para table tennis, will take place at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC).

The 71 Commonwealth Games Associations voted by the required majority to accept the proposal for the three new sports in 2019, and one interesting consequence will see two more women’s medal events than men’s at the Games – breaking the record set at Gold Coast 2018.

Are there any para events in the 2022 Commonwealth Games?

The inclusion of para table tennis gives the Games more para sports than any previous Commonwealth Games, featuring eight para sports in total.

Para powerlifting will also take place at the NEC, and para track events will take place at the Lee Valley Velopark – the London velodrome that staged the 2012 Olympic track cycling competition.

The 19th-century Victoria Park, which is in the town of Leamington Spa and hosts the Bowls England National Championships, will be the setting for para lawn bowls, and the 2,400-acre Sutton Park puts on the triathlon events.

Team England star Ross Wilson is understandably thrilled about the inclusion of table tennis, calling it “brilliant” and looking ahead to a defence of his 2018 title which he expects to be “special” in front of a home crowd.

“Competing for Team England on the Gold Coast was an incredible experience and I’m really proud to be Commonwealth champion,” said Wilson, a triple bronze medallist at the Paralympic Games.

“It is something I’ve always dreamed of and to go out and win was just an absolutely amazing feeling and one I can’t really describe.”

2022 Commonwealth Games full event schedule

Event Dates
Athletics – Marathon July 30
Athletics & Para Athletics August 2-7
Aquatics – Swimming & Para Swimming July 29 – August 3
Aquatics – Diving August 4-8
Badminton July 29 – August 8
Basketball 3×3 & Wheelchair Basketball 3×3 July 29 – August 2
Beach Volleyball July 30 – August 7
Boxing July 29 – August 4; 6-7
Cricket July 29-31; August 2-4; 6-7
Cycling – Mountain Bike August 3
Cycling – Road Race August 7
Cycling – Time Trial August 4
Cycling – Track & Para Track July 29 – August 1
Gymnastics – Artistic July 29 – August 2
Gymnastics – Rhythmic August 4-6
Hockey July 29 – August 8
Judo August 1-3
Lawn Bowls & Para Lawn Bowls July 29 – August 6
Netball July 29 – August 7
Para Powerlifting August 4
Rugby Sevens July 29-31
Squash July 29 – August 8
Table Tennis & Para Table Tennis July 29 – August 8
Triathlon & Para Triathlon July 29, 31
Weightlifting July 30 – August 3
Wrestling August 5-6
Opening Ceremony July 28
Closing Ceremony August 8

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What TV channel and live stream is the 2022 Commonwealth Games on?

Country TV channel
UK BBC TV, Radio, iPlayer
Canada DAZN (online only)
Australia Channel 7, 7Plus
India –

Which countries are taking part in the 2022 Commonwealth Games?

  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Australia
  • Bahamas
  • Bangladesh 
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Botswana
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Brunei
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cayman Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Cyprus
  • Dominica
  • England
  • Eswatini
  • Falkland Islands
  • Fiji
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Grenada
  • Guernsey
  • Guyana
  • India
  • Isle of Man
  • Jamaica
  • Jersey
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Montserrat
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • Northern Ireland
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Rwanda
  • Samoa
  • Scotland
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • St Helena
  • St Kitts and Nevis
  • St Lucia
  • St Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Tanzania
  • The Gambia
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Vanuatu
  • Wales
  • Zambia

How to buy 2022 Commonwealth Games tickets

Tickets for the Games are now open to the public, starting at £8 (under $10) for children and from £15 (around $18) for adults.

Organisers are advertising the availability of £22 (around $27) tickets for each event, and free viewing is available for the marathon, cycling road race, cycling time trial, triathlon and cycling mountain bike events.

Tickets are available from the official Birmingham 2022 website.

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Gearing up for a vast array of winter events as Festival of Voices tickets go on sale

Gearing up for a vast array of winter events as Festival of Voices tickets go on sale

16 April 2022

Nic Street,

Minister for Hospitality and Events







The Tasmanian Liberal Government has always invested in events that are seasonally and regionally diverse, with more than $11 million having been invested into 31 events that will take place in the coming six months alone.

From AFL football in the north and south, the Australian Musical Theatre Festival in Launceston, Dark Mofo in Hobart and the new AgriCULTURED festival in the north, the variety ensures there is something for everyone.

I’m pleased to confirm that tickets for the Festival of Voices have gone on sale for the coming festival that will take place from 1 July through to 10 July 2022 and I would encourage Tasmanians to snap up a ticket.

A long-time anchor of our winter events program, the Festival of Voices began in 2005 and forged the way for Tasmanians and mainlanders to get out and celebrate our state when it was traditionally quiet. Events have repositioned our state through this part of the year and fundamentally changed people’s perception of how to spend the longer nights.

This year’s festival will have a strong focus on encouraging participation from Tasmania’s regional communities, with activations and programmed events scheduled to occur on Tasmania’s East Coast, North West Coast and Derwent Valley areas, as well as in our major cities.

Highlight performances of this year’s event include Australian singer-songwriter Lior, Monica Trapaga and The Pocket Trio, and cabaret style band The Loveys as well as the iconic Big Sing event retuning to Macquarie Point.

The Tasmanian Government is committed to assisting our thriving events sector rebuild and recover. As part of this commitment, the Government, through Events Tasmania provides funding opportunities to a variety of events that attract people to our state and encourage regional dispersal of these visitors.

Tickets for the Festival of Voices are on sale now at www.festivalofvoices.com, and a full events calendar can be found at www.discovertasmania.com.au

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