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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 10 Hansard (18 October) . . Page.. 3208 ..

Individuals in the groups listed above have been provided with a voucher that can be used to redeem a free ticket to the Olympic Football. They have been encouraged to buy additional tickets for family and friends when redeeming their voucher. Not all issued vouchers will be presented to redeem free tickets, so the value of the vouchers redeemed will not be known until after the Tournament. Tickets have also been offered to the following people:

  • Twenty tickets were given to disadvantaged young people from youth refuges in Canberra by the Community Liaison and Indigenous Affairs area of the Chief Minister's Department. These were to be used in conjunction with the "two for one" marketing vouchers in place for the Games (ie a total of 40 tickets were obtained by the group). The tickets were worth $30 each.

  • Corporate suite guests. The ACT Government has a total of 2-3 corporate suites plus a function room available on each night of the Olympic Football Tournament for entertaining appropriate guests. Invited guests include all Members of the Legislative Assembly, ambassadors of competing nations, Canberra and national businesses, representatives of key organisations and those that have contributed in some way to the Canberra Olympic Football Tournament. A guest list for these corporate suites is at Attachment A. The total value of these suites, had they been sold, is $44,500. (Note the suites were marketed and unable to be sold).

  • Staff members of the ACT Government Olympics Unit. As a staff incentive, key people involved with the organisation of the Olympic Football Tournament listed at Attachment B were offered 4 tickets each, worth between $45 and $65 per ticket. These were tickets that remained unsold after promotions to Canberra businesses.

The total value of all of the above tickets provided by the Government, had they been sold to the general public, is a maximum value of $96,936.00. It should be noted that most of the tickets provided were only given away after they were first offered, unsuccessfully, to the general public for sale.

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