Sporting News · Sep 5, 2016
Paralympics sellout predicted as ticket demand surges
The Paralympic logo (Getty Images) The 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro will be a sellout, the Games' organizing committee has predicted less than three weeks after it was revealed that just 12 percent of tickets had been sold.
Concerns were raised that events would be played out at empty venues after the local organizing committee shared the disappointing sales figures towards the end of the Olympics.
However, the International Paralympics Committee now says that 1.5 million tickets have been sold, and the governing body is optimistic about the remaining million.