The Head of the ticket seller Concert.ua admits mistakes were made when they sold 2% of tickets, which have now been removed or had its view restricted.
The Head of Concert.ua stated that when tickets went on sale in February, they were using a previous planning scheme and thus sold seats where they believed they would have no issues. However in the period between the first sale and the stage being completed, a number of seats have either had to be removed or had their view restricted. In total around 2,000 tickets were sold in these areas, as a result refunds or new seats are having to be offered to those ticket holders.
Additional tickets have gone on sale for all nine shows over the past couple of days, as additional space for standing has been found in the arena. Tickets can be purchased at Concert.ua.
This is the second time that Kyiv has hosted the Eurovision Song Contest and the fourth time it has hosted a Eurovision event. The contest first traveled to Kyiv in 2005 following the victory of Ruslana with “Wild Dances” in Istanbul, Turkey. Eurovision would return to the Ukrainian Capital a further two times in 2009 and 2013, as the city played host to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The city falls just behind London for the most Eurovision Contests hosted in one city.
A total of 42 countries are competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Returning to the Eurovision stage are Portugal and Romania who both took a year out from the contest. Bosnia & Herzegovina and Russia have however withdrawn from the contest. Bosnia & Herzegovina has withdrawn due to financial difficulties at the national broadcaster, BHRT. While Russia has withdrawn following Julia Samoilova being banned by Ukrainian Authorities from entering Ukraine. The 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is being held on the following dates:
- Semi Final 1 – 9 May
- Semi Final 2 – 11 May
- Final – 13 May
Source: Depo.ua
You do know that Dublin has hosted the Eurovision 6 times, right? Thats more than Ukraine.