Editing 1998 Winter Olympics (section)

===Ticket sales===
From 7 February 1997, the organizing committee put up for sale 1,286,000 tickets for the various competitions and ceremonies. The number of tickets sold was 1,149,615, which represented 89.4% of available tickets. Including people connected to the Games, the total number of spectators was 1,275,529. This number was slightly higher than in 1994 as a result of the greater availability of tickets. This reflected the total capacity of the arenas used, which were mostly larger than those used four years earlier but slightly lower than the [[1988 Winter Olympics]] in [[Calgary]]. Tickets sales were a success in the domestic market, as the Japanese people finished the process of purchase with a reservation list of 6 million. For the most popular events, a lottery system was used.<ref group="a">{{harvsp|Hanazawa|1999a|pp=81–82}}</ref> In total, ticket sales raised 10.5 billion yen for the organizing committee.<ref group="a">{{harvsp|Hanazawa|1999a|p=59}}</ref>

The [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics|ice hockey]] matches represented 295,802 tickets sold, 26% of the total. Tickets sold for [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|alpine skiing]] totaled 166,092; for [[Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics|ski jumping]], 96,000, and [[Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics|speed skating]], 93,000. For multiple sports, ski jumping, [[Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]], [[Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|freestyle skiing]], all three skating disciplines, [[Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics|bobsleigh]], and [[Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics|curling]], as well as the ceremonies, all tickets were sold. By contrast, due the local demands and low interest only 56.6% of the 146,000 available tickets for [[Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|cross-country skiing]] were sold.<ref group="a">{{harvsp|Hanazawa|1999a|pp=81–82}}</ref>