If you managed to hold out this long before buying your tickets to the US Olympic Trials, congratulations! Meet organizers have begun to roll out discounts on remaining tickets for the meet that will be held inside Lucas Oil Stadium, which counts the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL as its primary tenant.
While changes to the Ticketmaster system make it hard to get a good read on how many tickets are still available for each session, it appears as though the seats along the 50 meter length of the pool will be full for most sessions. Crowds on the start and turn ends will be more sporadic based on sales with the meet four days away, especially for the weeknight sessions, where some of the corners have a lot of tickets remaining as well.
A 10% discount code has been pushed over the last few days by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on X (formerly known as Twitter). J. Douglas Boles, president of The Speedway, has been helping USA Swimming with their marketing efforts.
Setting the world’s stage in the Circle City.
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The code does not appear to be on USA Swimming’s social media channels, only those of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Note: you have to enter the code on Ticket Master before selecting seats, or the discount will not be applied.
The event will be the biggest in swimming history, with an initial seating capacity of somewhere around 30,000 spectators (though a few sections have been removed from the Ticketmaster map). Even without a sellout, it is likely that most sessions will eclipse those from Omaha, where the meet has been hosted since 2008, and where the seating capacity was under 15,000 once the pool was constructed.
The tickets are also markedly more expensive than in Omaha. In the original 2020 sale, “Gold” tier seats cost $90 per day with the cheapest tickets running $60 per day – remembering that there are only two levels at the CHI Health Center in Omaha versus the six in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
This year, the price of a day pass ranges from $56 in the 600 level to $268 in the 100 level.
All prices are listed exclusive of fees. Prices for the 100 level at this year’s Trials meet, including fees and the 10% discount, are $252.64/ticket.
What’s a good site to sell tickets? I was going to list them heavily discounted but ticketmaster doesn’t allow for resale under the purchase price
With all that water and the temperature is reaching 100° outside, think there will be an air quality issue in the stadium?
Definitely the most innovative and original way I’ve heard someone say “Let them eat cake” in the past 30 minutes.
Too little too late. For those who don’t live in or near Indy, the window to book flight and hotel is long gone.
Does anyone know if there is a discount for families who actually have a son or daughter competing or do they have to pay full price also?
Have to pay full price!
We are paying full price
I am constantly amazed at how much money people are spending. Where I live, two tacos are over 20 bucks, and restaurants are full..swimming tickets at 250? When it is free on utube. When will enough be enough? Not while thousands are paying thousands to watch trials. Talk about a sport for the wealthy!
If you have a kid there you just do it. Once in a lifetime deal for most. I was fortunate to go to Omaha the last two times and it was a fantastic experience. USA Swimming does a great job presenting trials.
So, a twice in a lifetime deal 😉
Right? My grocery bill is $200 more a week than last year (and getting paid virtually the same) and USA swimming is expecting people to pay hundreds for literal nose bleeds. Intentions were good (let tens of thousands watch trials), but as the economy got worse and worse, it doesn’t make sense anymore.
So… tickets are a fraction of one quarter of your monthly grocery budget? sounds like you can afford them!
Bring your telescope!
Just found my binoculars. 🫡
The time to charge 250 dollars per ticket was in 2008, 2012 and 2016 when Phelps was dominating the SwimmingVerse and battling the likes of Crocker and Lochte
Im guessing 2028 will be at the LA pool. At least I hope so…
Alright guys where should we host trials next? Wrong answers only…
Lawrence Kansas
Anchorage, AK
Global warming …….
Scranton, Pennsylvania
anchorage alaska
The Seine has great water quality. I say we hold them there next time!
New Orleans
Wrong answers only… that would be a good time and I’m all for it.
Lake Michigan in the great bay of Chicago…
Reno
Gary, IN