Richard Morais, Gleaner Writer
Jamaica Pegasus hosts Olympic party last night - Chris Nakash (left) and SuperClubs' Zein Issa-Nakash (second left) and Muna Issa (right) speak with Olympic sprinter Aleen Bailey at a party hosted by the Jamaica Pegasus hotel on The Rooftop in New Kingston. During the party, SuperClubs handed out one-week stays promised to medallists from the recent Olympics in Beijing, China.
- Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer
WESTERN BUREAU:
Ticketing woes have hit the Western Olympics Sports Gala and Trelawny Homecoming's scheduled for tomorrow at the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium.
About midday yesterday, there were reports of tickets running out at the two issuing outlets - the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission and the Social Develop-ment Commission in Falmouth - a situation that unscrupulous persons cashed in on.
While the tickets were intended to be free of cost, persons were seen selling them for $100 and $200.
"Falmouth, the town closest to the venue, should have enough tickets," charged Mayor of Falmouth Collin Gager. "We are being blamed for something we have no control over."
According to him, the Trelawny Parish Council was given just over 2,000 tickets, which were distributed among schools and government institutions.
Member of Parliament for North Trelawny, Dr Patrick Harris, expressed similar sentiments.
"I was given just 30 tickets by the mayor and this is inadequate."
Incident-free concert
Thousands of patrons attended Bolt's concert on October 20, which police described as incident-free.
Organising committee member for the Trelawny Stadium event, Councillor Fernandez Smith, said the ticketing is to limit the crowd to about 17,000, which is the maximum number the security forces, fire brigade and health services can handle.
When pressed about the format of the free Bolt concert, he said the gala was a "sit-down civic event".
He added that persons would be accommodated in the Falmouth Water Square, where the event is to be streamed via a large screen television.
