With 100 days to go until opening ceremonies, Olympic officials
report about 55% of the 1 million sporting-event tickets have been sold for the Winter Games in Torino. Hotels in the
city are nearly all booked, but rooms are available within an hour’s drive. Americans can purchase tickets,
accommodations and travel packages through the official sales agent, CoSport. They’ve
got a helpful overview page of all the services they
offer.
The Winter Games will be held from February 10-26, 2006. Approximately 2,500 athletes, 650 judges and umpires and
1.5 million spectators are expected to participate. Learn more about each of the seven different sports and fifteen
disciplines here and view a competition calendar
here, which can be sorted by
sport, venue or date. The torch will begin its
tour of Italy on December 8th.
We’ll have more to come as the countdown continues, but if you are considering a trip over, now’s the time to make a
decision.