The 1988 Winter Olympics organizing committee said...

The 1988 Winter Olympics organizing committee said 47,406 tickets to events that were previously listed as sold-out will be offered to the public.

The tickets are from a pool of 118,514 offered to 38,000 people on a waiting list who had until June 30 to pay for the tickets for the Games at Calgary, Canada, Feb. 13-28.

Committee spokesman Renee Smith said only 60% of the people on the waiting list bought tickets, which became available when the committee expanded the capacity of some venues and reduced the number of tickets going to VIPs and corporate sponsors.