RIO DE JANEIRO, June, 21, 2016 (XINHUA) -- Two women hold their volleyball tickets of the Rio 2016 Olympics for photograph at the Rio 2016 tickets office at the Shopping Leblon, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 20, 2016. The Rio 2016 opened on Monday two ticket offices in Rio de Janeiro. (Xinhua/Li Ming)
BRASILIA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Tickets for the Olympic Games 2016, to be held in Rio de Janeiro in August, went on sale at box offices in shopping centers in the host city on Monday.
Prior to Monday, tickets had only been sold online via the sporting event's official website, according to national daily O Globo.
The first two ticket booths have been set up in the Leblon Shopping Center in the south and the Via Parque Shopping Center in the west, according to the daily.
These box offices work both for selling tickets and also for cancelling tickets bought online.
However, tickets bought at these fixed ticket booths will not have the same artwork as the tickets that are bought online. The design of the online tickets vary depending on the sport and are more commemorative than the ones bought at the fixed ticket stands.
In total, there will be 30 box offices set up around Rio de Janeiro and five other cities where the soccer matches will be played - Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Brasilia and Manaus, according to O Globo.
The opening details of the other ticket booths will be announced at a later date by the Rio 2016 Committee, said the article.
At these outlets, Brazilians and foreigners over 18-years-old can buy up to 120 tickets. Purchases can be made using cash or a Visa debit or credit card.
These ticket offices will be open until the end of the Paralympic Games in September, according to Brazilian online news site UOL.
