Inaugural parade tickets sell out in less than a minute

[Pirate Smile]

Inaugural parade tickets sell out in minutes

Posted: 02:51 PM ET
(CNN) — The 5,000 tickets for prime parade viewing spots on Pennsylvania Avenue that went on sale at 1 p.m. Friday were all claimed within minutes, according to the Presidential Inaugural Committee. Some additional seats are being awarded to local students and parents who participated in a committee-sponsored essay contest.

Update: All 5,000 tickets actually sold in less than a minute, Ticketmaster Vice President of Strategic Communications Albert Lopez told CNN's Eric Weisbrod — one of the company's fastest sellouts ever.

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Inauguration Parade Tickets: 5,000 Offered To Public


Barack Obama's Presidential Inaugural Committee sold 5,000 tickets for bleacher seats along the inaugural parade route on Friday. The tickets, selling for $25 a piece, were available through Ticketmaster and reportedly sold out immediately. According to CBS News, "PIC is still reeling from the demand of these tickets and trying to figure out exactly how long the sales took."

Some more details on the parade the lucky 5,000 will be watching, from The Hill:

The 14-block parade route, from the Capitol to the White House, will open to the public at 7 a.m. on Tuesday.

More than 90 groups, from high school marching bands to a NASA float and the entire student body of the Virginia Military Institute, will participate in the country's 56th Inaugural parade. Bands from both the president-elect's and Michelle Obama's high schools will be included.

About 1,300 groups applied to participate, which organizers said was three times the number of applications for other recent Inaugurations.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/09/inauguration-parade-ticke_n_156671.html

[DJ13]

1. Can you say

Scalpers?

[Democrats_win]

2. It's their duty to dance, sing, jump and yell! Yippy, bush is gone!