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Tickets went on general sale on TicketMaster at 11 today. I've got a pair for the 18th - appears to be unreserved seating (looks like all the lower down reserved stuff has already gone), and for the 18th is for the whole day (other days have separate morning and evening tickets). So should have finals galore to watch.
Interesting chance to see the new Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome as well.
I happen to have taken that week off work. Will go and look for some tickets.
Sunday already sold out?! WT*
Infact everything seems to be sold out within 40 minutes... If I see empty seats on any coverage, I'm going to be in a rage.
Some still available for Friday morning.. just bought 2.. Had to go into the 'buy multiple tickets' option..
It's the following week I have off it seems, so can't do Friday daytime... B*****
Just noticed extra tickets have been released for Friday/Saturday qualifying... Snapped up a couple more..
Thank you, shuggiet. We now have tickets!!!
Oooh...someone at our school's got 4 tickets available for Friday...very tempting!
I didn't manage to get tickets... But seeing as it's near my birthday, someone else did as a treat. Going for the Saturday evening session! :)
I'll be there Sunday. By the time I finally managed to get through online/phone/courier pigeon there were only unallocated seats left (aka the cheap seats), which is fine, 'cept Sunday is an all'day affair, and we're not getting there till 2.30-3ish (when the finals start happening) so gonna be squeezing in somewhere.
Looking forward to seeing this stuff live - hoping the men's sprint is as explosive as it looks on the telly. Not sure what the photography will be like from wherever we wind up sitting, but I'll figure something out.
Just got this....
Getting to the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
To assist ticket holders with getting to the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome there will be a free shuttle bus service operating regularly from Buchanan Bus Station (stances 23 - 32). The buses will operate on a circular service between 9.30am and 11pm on Friday, 8.30am and 11.30pm on Saturday and 8am and 6.30pm on Sunday.
There is ample parking for bikes outside the venue if you wish to cycle. Please be aware that there is no spectator car parking at the venue.
Ah good. Not taking bikes and was recommended by my Glaswegian-minded colleagues to take a taxi back from that part of town late at night. Shuttle bus it is!
I know many here will think it's great that there's no car parking, but seems odd for a multi-thousands venue that, judging by the shuttle buses, isn't well served by existing public transport links...
Thanks for posting shuggiet, I'd been planning to drive through.
WC - presumably you could look on Glasgow website for nearest city carparks? but why not just take the train?
Because door-to-dorr is easier by car...
Bus to Waverley, Waverley to Queen Street, Shuttle Bus to velodrome will take twice as long (especially as the velodrome is on the east side) so we're not actually going in to Glasgow. Shuttle bus will also be packed heading back the way, so likely to be queues for that (and one of the reasons I cycle everywhere in the city is because I don't particularly like public transport - I'm an anti-social sod).
Basically in the car I'll be at Harthill by the time I'm getting on a train at Waverley, and I'll be in the velodrome by the time I'd be arriving at Queen Street. If you have the choice...
But then I realise I'm a minority in preferring to drive in these instances.
My journey is likely to consist of hobbling from my kitchen to my living room sofa, seeing as I don't have any tickets. :( If the BBC is to be believed though, the view from my sofa is going to be pretty good (apart from Saturday for some reason?) and the beer is very reasonably priced. ;o)
I agree with WC..
As there are 4 of us going, my first instinct was to take the car for time and cost reasons.. But as I haven't been to the Velodrome before, I didn't know about parking , and it's not clear from the info on the website.
However as we're making it a day of it, we don't really have time pressure so will take the train and shuttle bus.. I would consider taking bike/train, but it seems risky given that we're going at commuting times in morning/afternoon, and expect it's a lottery on whether we can get them on trains..
@shuggiet The Velodrome's at the SECC isn't it? There'll be loads of parking.
No the Velodrome is in east Glasgow, near Parkhead. It's a "regeneraion area" - last time I went through (Rugtommcat and I's infamous attempt at Route 75) it was lots of streets with no houses left and the odd abandoned old tenement block.
SECC is in the west down on the river.
Oddly, the website says "Glasgow Velodrome Parking offers 415 car parking spaces with 26 disabled bays and overflow space across at Celtic Park." maybe they're all in use by the competitors?
Eek, I didn't realise where the velodrome is. If you have to park outwith the velodrome and some kid asks you for a fiver to 'look after' your car, seriously, give them it!
Oooh, hadn't clocked the location at all. I thought it was part of an arena complex they were building at the SECC.
Well, at least the velodrome will inject some cash directly into the local economy. As Baldcyclist suggests, the local "entrepreneurs" are likely to be out in force. :(
As it turns out... We may end up getting the train. I reserve the right to complain about both it and the shuttle buses...
"Track World Cup: GB men's pursuit team crash at World Cup"
Shuttle buses worked fine for us. They tended to wait till there almost full before leaving.. They depart from stand 28/29 of Buchanan Bus station, which if you come from Queens St is the Hanover St end, so you don't need to walk up Buchanan st, if you want a shorter walk or in a hurry. Added bonus for us.. Our 10 year old got chatting with Shane Sutton who kindly gave us tickets for Sunday....We're going back....Yippee..
Also should have said... It's great inside!
"If you have to park outwith the velodrome and some kid asks you for a fiver to 'look after' your car, seriously, give them it!"
Then there's the joke about the flash guy in his expensive, flash, car who parked and, when approached by a local 'entrepreneur' for cash to look after his motor, said "No, my rottweiler is in the back seat and he always makes sure no-one touches my car. It will be ok"
"An' kin yer rottie pit oot fires tae, mister?" was the smart reply.
I'm almost inclined to believe the conversation happened!
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