Free Admission to Paralympic Wheelchair Curling Event
Author: VANOC
Published: 19 Mar 2010 - Updated: 3 Apr 2011
Contents: Synopsis - Introduction - Main - Related Publications
Synopsis: Free admission to Paralympic wheelchair curling tie-breaker match between Italy and Sweden.
Introduction
Free admission to Paralympic wheelchair curling tie-breaker match between Italy and Sweden on Friday, March 19.Main Content
Fans are invited to attend tomorrow's 2:30 pm PT wheelchair curling tie breaker match between Italy and Sweden at no charge.
The make-or-break game on Friday became necessary after the two teams finished the round robin portion of the tournament tonight with identical 5-4 records.
Fans will be welcomed to Vancouver Paralympic Center at no charge and on a first come first served basis.
All seating is general admission and thousands of seats are available.
Venue gates open at 1:30 pm.
Spectators can access the Vancouver Paralympic Center by taking the Canada Line to King Edward station.
Spectators can also take buses on routes: 3, 15, 25 and 33 and an accessible shuttle is also available from the skytrain.
Signage will direct pedestrians to the venue.
The winner of Friday's tie-breaker will advance to the wheelchair curling semi-final against Canada (7-2) on Saturday, March 20 while the United States (7-2) will face Korea (6-3) on Saturday in the other semi-final.
Both matches will take place at 10 am PT. The winners will then meet in the wheelchair curling gold medal match later on Saturday at 3:30 pm PT.