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Tickets of â€œEurovision-2012â€ Song Contest go on sale

29 February 2012 12:00 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ulkar Rashidgizi â€“ APA. Tickets of the â€œEurovisionâ€ song contest which will be held in the â€œBaku Crystal Hallâ€ in May went on sale. APA reports that now tickets for the 1st semi-final and its main rehearsal which will be held on May 22 were put up for sale in eurovision.tv. The price of tickets of main rehearsal of the 1st semi-final which will be held on May 21 are AZN 30-50 and price tickets of live show of the 1st semi-final which will be held on May 22 are AZN 90-150.

Tickets for the 2nd semi-final (AZN 90-150) which will be held on May 24 and its main rehearsal (AZN 30-50) will be offered for sale on March 5 and tickets of the final concert (AZN 160-200-240) which will be held on May 26, will be offered for sale on March 15.

The venue of the contest - The Baku Crystal Hall, is a brand new multi-purpose indoor arena with an expected capacity of up to 23,000 spectators. According to the rules of the EBU, one part of the tickets is considered for the delegations of participating countries, the showâ€™s sponsors, representatives of the EBU. The rest tickets are put up for sale. 1/3 of tickets are put up for sale to the international audience, the rest part to Azerbaijani audience. Every purchased ticket must be in name of the ticket owner. Tickets are being sold online by the official international ticket partner of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, Ticketmaster. After buying the tickets, buyer will receive a confirmation voucher by email. With buyerâ€™s confirmation voucher, passport and credit card, buyer picks up his ticket at one of the designated ticket offices in Baku. A maximum of 4 tickets will be sold per event to each individual customer
Each ticket has to be personalized and tickets cannot be used by any other person
Buyer can choose his seat by section only. Selecting specific seats is not possible. The organizer reserves the right of individual seat allocation in each section and the right to allocate seats in different sections in the same price level. Payments can be made only by credit card (MasterCard, VISA, American Express). For technical reasons, all card payments will be processed in euros.