Tickets for Obama Parade Seats Go on Sale Today

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Tickets for Obama Parade Seats Go on Sale Today

By Michael E. Ruane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 9, 2009; Page B03


Tickets to President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration parade go on sale today.

The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced that 5,000 tickets will go on sale through Ticketmaster at 1 p.m. Tickets are $25 apiece, and paradegoers can purchase up to four, said committee spokesman Kevin Griffis. He said those interested should call Ticketmaster at 202-397-7328.

The tickets entitle holders to sit in the bleacher seats along the parade route, which goes west on Pennsylvania Avenue from Capitol Hill, north on 15th Street, and west again on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House.

Each ticket will assign the holder to a specific bleacher section, but not to a specific seat, he said.

Griffis said ticket holders must be in their seats by 1 p.m. The Jan. 20 parade starts between 2:30 and 3 p.m. About 300 parade tickets will be given to District students who win an essay contest, and others would likely go to VIPs.

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