Single-session tickets for Portland 2016 available Friday, January 15, 2016

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Portland 2016 is selling single session tickets starting January 15, do not miss the action!

Single-session tickets for Portland 2016 available Friday

PORTLAND, Ore. – Single-session tickets for the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016 go on sale to the public on Friday, Jan. 15 at 10 a.m. (Pacific).

Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to watch the world’s greatest track and field athletes take their first global steps of the season on the Road to Rio.

More than 600 athletes from as many as 200 different countries will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in each of the 13 men’s and women’s events at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016.

The four-day meet will be held March 17-20 at the Oregon Convention Center. A complete schedule of events can be found online at Portland2016.com. Single-session tickets are available in three different price categories for each of the five individual sessions, ranging from $30 to $159.

Those who purchase single-session tickets will also be given the option for free admission to the men’s and women’s pole vault competition and opening ceremonies at the Oregon Convention Center on Thursday, March 17.

You can purchase tickets online at Portland2016.com/tickets. Prices for each session are listed below:

Friday morning (10:30 a.m. to 2:25 p.m.)

LOWER BOWL – $55

BLEACHERS (straightaway) – $40

BLEACHERS (corners) – $30

Friday evening (5:15 p.m. to 8:40 p.m.)

LOWER BOWL – $79

BLEACHERS (straightaway) – $59

BLEACHERS (corners) – $40

Saturday morning (11 a.m. to 1:25 p.m.)

LOWER BOWL – $65

BLEACHERS (straightaway) – $55

BLEACHERS (corners) – $40

Saturday evening (5 p.m. to 8 p.m.)

LOWER BOWL – $99

BLEACHERS (straightaway) – $79

BLEACHERS (corners) – $55

Sunday afternoon (12:40 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.)

LOWER BOWL – $159

BLEACHERS (straightaway) – $119

BLEACHERS (corners) – $85

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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