As a general rule, the Games Organizing Committee out of the 680,000 requests for purchase of school-linked watching tickets that children and students can watch, which will be held at the Tokyo Paralympics where all venues are unattended. In the end, more than half are expected to be cancelled.
Due to the influence of the new corona virus, the Tokyo Paralympics, which will start a week later, will be held in principle at all venues in Tokyo and other prefectures without spectators.
In response, the Organizing Committee held a press conference on the 17th regarding the handling of tickets, and in 22 Paralympic competitions, about 770,000 tickets sold in 306 sessions, which are the unit of ticket sales, are all tournaments. We announced that we will refund after the end.
On the other hand, by January last year, there were requests to purchase 680,000 tickets for school-linked games that children and students can watch, which was decided to be implemented with an emphasis on educational significance. In the end, more than half are expected to be cancelled.
Hideki Suzuki, Deputy Director of the Marketing Bureau of the Organizing Committee in charge of tickets, said, "There is a request from local governments to consider measures against infection with the new coronavirus, such as expanding the area where children can watch the competition. For safe operation. I want to be careful enough. "