Wednesday Story: Should Elected Officials Get Tickets?
July 13, 2000
Only a few U.S. and foreign government officials and dignitaries will get in free to the 2002 Winter Games.
But many more officials will get an opportunity to buy tickets.
Heads of state, including the U.S. President, ambassadors to the U.S. and Salt Lake City's mayor are among the people Salt Lake's Olympic Managing Committee today agreed to let in free.
But not even they will have free access to all events.
For example, elected officials of Olympic venues -- with the exception of Salt Lake's mayor -- will only be allowed in to events in their areas.
Others -- such as Utah's Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Cabinet Secretaries -- will only get free tickets to events that are not high priority.
Salt Lake Organizing Committee president Mitt Romney said the ticket policy still left plenty of seats for Utah residents.
At least 20 percent of the 730,000 tickets available to the public are reserved for Utah residents.
(Copyright 2000 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
APTV 07-13-00 1625MDT
