Fans unable to attend kok-boru and kokpar finals to receive ticket refunds
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- Organizers will fully refund 1,000-som tickets for spectators who could not attend the kok-boru and kokpar finals in Cholpon-Ata.
- Refunds will also cover ticket holders who entered the hippodrome but could not reach their assigned seats because of overcrowding.
- Applicants must email proof of payment, while organizers apologized for the inconvenience.
Organizers will fully refund spectators who could not attend the kok-boru and kokpar finals in Cholpon-Ata. Tickets cost 1,000 soms.
The refund also applies to people who entered the hippodrome but could not take the seats listed on their tickets because of the large crowd. The organizing committee apologized for the inconvenience.
To request payment, spectators must email a receipt or other proof of purchase to nebs@minculture.gov.kg. Organizers said every request would be checked.
Many ticketless spectators gathered outside the hippodrome before the finals. Later, a commentator announced that President Sadyr Japarov had instructed officials to allow everyone who wanted to watch the final into the arena.
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Originally published by 24.kg in Russian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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