If you are no longer able to attend a session you have tickets for, here is some important information about selling your tickets through the Glasgow 2014 ticket resale programme.
Any tickets to be resold will be made available or sale on a first come first served basis from 09.00 on Saturday 28 June 2014
The facility to post tickets for resale will be available from Friday 13 June until 27 June 2014. The tickets will be available for sale from 09.00 on Saturday 28 June 2014
If your ticket is received by Glasgow 2014 along with a completed Ticket Resale Request Form you should expect to receive any money owed, minus a £2.00 administration fee per ticket resold, no later than 18 July 2014.
When we get your tickets for resale, we’ll send you an email confirmation to tell you they’ve been safely received and accepted for resale. We can’t guarantee your tickets will be sold and your monies refunded, but previous experience has shown that a large proportion of returned tickets are quickly resold. If they are resold, you’ll expect to see money credited to your account by 18 July (minus £2.00 admin fee per ticket). In the unlikely event that they are not resold, we’ll contact you with information regarding how you can still use these tickets at Games Time.
Under the Ticketing Terms and Conditions you cannot resell, trade or otherwise transfer any ticket.
If you purchase one or more tickets those tickets may only be used by you, a family member, friend or colleague who is known to you personally. The transfer of a ticket in this manner shall not contravene the Ticketing Terms and Conditions providing the payment you receive does not exceed the face value of the ticket and the family member, friend or colleague accepts the Ticketing Terms and Conditions. You may be asked to provide the name and address and any other ID details as required, of ticket holders at any time by an official steward or employee of Glasgow 2014 or the venue owner or police officer.
All seats will be assigned automatically. Tickets purchased between 19 August and 26 October will be randomly assigned first. Any tickets purchased from 5 November onwards will be assigned based on the transaction date and time.
For those customers who may have added tickets for the same session and price category to those purchased before 5 November, these seats will be assigned together.
The process to assign seats is expected to take 4-6 weeks.
We will endeavour to print and dispatch tickets as soon as possible. We plan to start dispatching tickets at the start of May.
With a distinguished sporting history, the Commonwealth Games have gone from strength to strength.
The first games were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada where 11 countries sent 400 athletes to take part in six sports and 59 events.
Since then, the Games have been held every four years (except for 1942 and 1946 because of the Second World War) and the event has seen many changes, not least in its name. From 1930 to 1950 the Games were known as the British Empire Games, from 1954 until 1966 the British Empire and Commonwealth Games and from 1970 to 1974 they took on the title of British Commonwealth Games. It was the 1978 Games in Edmonton that saw this multi-sports event change its name to the Commonwealth Games.
Scotland hosted the Games in 1970 and 1986. The 2002 Games in Manchester saw for the first time full medal events for elite athletes with a disability (EAD) in a fully-inclusive sports programme. This will be continued at Glasgow in 2014.
In 2000, the Commonwealth Games Federation created the Commonwealth Youth Games, open to athletes from 14 to 18 years of age. The inaugural Games were in Edinburgh. The 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games will be held on the Isle of Man.
The Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR) is one of the greatest traditions of the Commonwealth Games.
It was introduced at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales in 1958. From here it has developed into a symbol of unity and diversity, binding all the 70 nations and territories of the Commonwealth with the solitary message of peace and harmony through sports.
Glasgow 2014 Ltd is the official name for the Organising Committee – the company set up to deliver the XX Commonwealth Games.
Everyone in the Organising Committee is incredibly proud of our role in delivering the Games. We believe this is a tremendous coup for both the City of Glasgow and Scotland.
Along with our key partners, the Scottish Government, Glasgow City Council and Commonwealth Games Scotland, we are committed to delivering an outstanding athlete centered and sport focused Commonwealth Games, which will be held up as an exemplar for future Organising Committees.
The sports contested in each Commonwealth Games are selected in accordance with specific requirements of the Commonwealth Games Federation from a list of core and optional sports. The programme is then proposed throughout the bid process and identifies the specific sports to be offered as a part of each Games.
For a sport to be added to the Commonwealth Games Federation list of sports, the responsible International Federation must submit a request along with background information for it to be considered. Unfortunately, even if this process took place in the next couple of years, certain sports could not be included in Glasgow’s programme as we continue to plan venues and the competition for each of the sports that have already been approved.
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the organisation that is responsible for the direction and control of the Commonwealth Games.
As a means of improving society and the general wellbeing of the people of the Commonwealth, the CGF also encourages and assists education via sport development and physical recreation.
Underlying every decision made by the CGF are three values – humanity, equality, destiny. These values help to inspire and unite millions of people and symbolise the broad mandate of the CGF within the Commonwealth.
The Commonwealth Games are international, multi-sport events – held every four years for athletes from Commonwealth nations.
The Games are overseen by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), which also controls the sporting programme and selects the host cities.
A large part of organising the Games is ensuring safe and effective transport for athletes, volunteers and spectators during the Games. The venues have been “clustered” to aid this.
The Organising Committee is already working on plans to ensure that a comprehensive transport infrastructure is in place for Glasgow 2014. A full plan will be announced in due course.
For the duration of the Games, the whole city will be focused on ensuring that public transport is available and running smoothly.
One of the pledges made by Glasgow 2014 is that anyone buying a ticket for the Games will have funded public transport access within Glasgow and to the venue on the day they have their ticket.
All of our procurement opportunities are advertised on the Commonwealth Games Business Portal, as well as details of how to register.
The majority of our roles are based in Glasgow city centre, within an easy walk from the subway network and main train stations.
Glasgow 2014 has a recruitment partner in place. All agency enquiries should be forwarded to [email protected]