Fans unable to attend kok-boru and kokpar finals will receive refunds
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- Organizers will refund spectators who could not attend the kok-boru and kokpar finals in Cholpon-Ata or could not use their assigned seats.
- Each ticket cost 1,000 Kyrgyz som.
- Refund requests must include proof of payment and will be checked by organizers.
Organizers will fully refund spectators who paid to attend the kok-boru and kokpar finals in Cholpon-Ata but could not watch the matches.
The tickets cost 1,000 Kyrgyz som. The refund also applies to people who entered the hippodrome grounds but could not take the seats listed on their tickets because of the large crowd.
Organizers apologized for the inconvenience. Spectators seeking a refund must email a receipt or other proof of payment to nebs@minculture.gov.kg. Each request will be reviewed.
A large number of people without tickets gathered outside the hippodrome before the final matches. Later, a commentator announced that President Sadyr Japarov had instructed organizers to let everyone who wanted to watch the final enter 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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