OVER 450 THOUSAND TICKETS SOLD FOR COMPETITIONS

The official spokesperson for Lima 2019, Carlos Manuel Lazarte, reported that after the opening ceremony the sales have increased to 25 thousand tickets per day. Buy your tickets at lima2019.pe/tickets and on authorized points of sale.

So far over 450 thousand tickets have been sold for the ceremonies and competitions of the Pan American Games, as announced by the official spokesperson for Lima 2019, Carlos Manuel Lazarte, in a press conference at the Lima Convention Center (LCC).

“By the day of the opening ceremony, 250,000 tickets had been sold. It means that 25,000 were sold from the day of the opening ceremony onwards.” he explained.

Buy your tickets for the different Lima 2019 sports competitions at lima2019.pe/tickets and on authorized points of sale. Also, you can get your tickets at points of sale at Jockey Plaza and at Parque de la Exposición for the Culturaymi activities.

Culturaymi

Furthermore, Lazarte was satisfied with the schedule for the Pan American Games and Culturaymi culture activities taking place at the Parque de la Exposición as they are attracting thousands of people to these events.

Medals

In addition, Lima 2019 spokesperson made a recount of the competitions held the day before, and informed that the United States leads the medal table followed by Mexico and Brazil, and in eight place is Peru.

During the conference, he also reminded the anecdotal incidents that take place in the Pan American Games, such as the marriage proposal from a gymnast, who won a sports competition, to his girlfriend.

He explained that Argentinian artistic gymnast Federico Molinari, who won the bronze medal in the rings event, asked her girlfriend to marry him after being awarded and in the middle of a TV interview.

“We want the press and the media to be able to access as much information as possible, because in the end they are the ones who spread the Games, they spread the stories of the athletes and the sports results,” he said.