More than 1.2m sales mean the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham will be the best attended ever. The total beats Glasgow 2014 – where 1m seats were snapped up – and Australia’s Gold Coast with 1.02m ticket sales in 2018.
Organisers who unveiled the athletes’ village yesterday told how 41,000 people had applied for the 14,000 volunteer roles. Another 5,000 summer jobs have been taken in the past 50 days in time for the arrival of the first of 5,000 competitors.
Around 3,200 athletes and officials will be housed in the Games village at the University of Birmingham’s Vale campus. They will enjoy a giant screen, ‘silent discos’, ice baths, Nintendo games and free condoms.
