Tickets for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Swim Team Trials go on sale today.
Event information
Dates: June 29 to July 6, 2008
Site: Qwest Center Omaha
Tickets: All-session packages of $475, $375 and $275 (for 15 sessions)
Sales start: 10 a.m. today
Outlets: Qwest Center and TicketMaster at (402) 422-1212 or ticketmaster.com
Note: Cash or Visa credit/debit cards only
From Omaha.com…
The Qwest Center is expected to have about 12,500 around a temporary above-ground pool on the arena floor. More than 9,000 seats will be made immediately available to the public, but can only be purchased on an all-session basis.
Rowdy Gaines said you only have to look at the heavily-decorated Phelps for a reason to go get tickets.
“I’m bringing my wife and all four of my daughters, because I want them to be able to tell their children and their grandchildren that they saw the great Michael Phelps swim,” said Gaines, the former Olympic gold medalist who heads the USA Swimming foundation and is an NBC television commentator. “For that reason alone, it’s worth the price of a ticket. Trust me. Because an athlete like this comes along once every generation.”