Want Tokyo Olympic tickets? No problem if you have $60,000

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Last Updated : Aug 22 2019 | 12:50 PM IST

Having trouble getting tickets for next year's Tokyo Olympics? That's no problem if you have $60,000 to spare.

Tokyo Olympic organizers are offering high-end hospitality packages to Japan residents with prices soaring to 6.35 million yen about $60,000. This is good for the opening and closing ceremony, nine days of track and field with luxury seating and sumptuous dining. Low-end packages dip down to about $1,500 for one session at a less popular event.

Tokyo is shaping up as a very pricey Olympics.

Ticket demand is unprecedented, so unofficial re-selling likely will flourish. Hotel rates are soaring. And getting here will be costly, particularly for people traveling from the Americas and Europe.

"I don't know if I can afford to go to the Olympics," Brant Feldman, a Los Angeles-based sports agent, told The Associated Press. He's attended seven straight Olympics and represents American and Canadian athletes for AGM Sports.

"For the average family right now to head to the Olympics, it's going to be the most expensive in history."

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First Published: Aug 22 2019 | 12:50 PM IST

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