USA Swimming Releases Four-Day Olympic Trials Ticket Packages

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Time is running out to get tickets for the 2016 U.S. Swimming Olympic Trials in Omaha, and now that USA Swimming has officially opened sales for four-day ticket packages, seats will fill up quickly for the year’s biggest domestic swim meet.

Fans can choose to buy packages for the first four days of the meet (June 26-29) or the final four days of the meet (June 30-July 3). Either way, expect sold-out crowds by the time the meet begins, where the likes of Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Katie Ledecky, Missy Franklin and more will race for the chance to once again represent the United States on the biggest sporting stage. And you won’t want to miss the excitement of seeing the reactions from athletes getting named to their first Olympic team.

USA Swimming said fewer than 4,500 tickets are available, and the best seats in the house — the lower bowl of the CenturyLink Center — are almost sold out for all eight days. If you’re interested in just attending just a couple of sessions, you’ll have to wait until next spring to get single-session tickets.

About 1,400 swimmers have already qualified for the Olympic Trials. The meet is bound to be one of the biggest Olympic Trials the CenturyLink Center has seen, given that athletes have about seven more months to make the qualifying times. Organizers have promised an event that will improve on the previous two held in Omaha in 2008 and 2012.

Prelims will begin at 10 a.m. each day and will swim athletes in all 10-lanes of the temporary pool that will be installed in the CenturyLink Center. For finals at 6 p.m., only the middle eight lanes will be used, to mirror racing conditions at the Olympics.

To buy the four-day packages, go to Ticketmaster.com, call 800-745-3000 or visiting the CenturyLink box office.

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