10,000 Tickets for Anniversary Party on A10 in Amsterdam Available Again

NOS

Lean Right

Factuality

Ownership

Some 10,000 tickets for a party on the Amsterdam ring road A10 will be declared invalid and made available again. Mayor Halsema told city broadcaster AT5. These are tickets from people who reserved more than the permitted number of tickets. The day before yesterday, people could reserve tickets for a free festival on the ring road in Amsterdam, which is being organised on 21 June in honour of the city's 750th anniversary. Many problems immediate…

De Telegraaf

Right

Factuality

Ownership

Ten thousand tickets for the festival on the A10 ring road around Amsterdam are declared invalid and made available again. Mayor Femke Halsema says in the program Gesprek met de Burgemeester on AT5 that those 10,000 tickets were ordered by about 700 people in total. They were able to order many more tickets than was allowed.

NRC Handelsblad

Lean Left

Factuality

Ownership

In a month, Amsterdam will celebrate its 750th birthday with a grand festival on the ring road. On Wednesday, tickets were issued: almost 700,000 people competed for 280,000 tickets. That did not go as smoothly as hoped.

AT5

Factuality

Ownership

As many as 280,000 tickets were available, but many Amsterdammers still seem to have missed out on a ticket for the festival on the ring. This often happened after waiting for hours. According to Bart Elshof, who organizes several events in the city himself, the digital chaos that ensued could have been prevented to some extent. There is a good chance that you have been asked several times in the past few days whether you already have a ticket. …