17/09/2014

London's NYE Fireworks To Become Ticketed Event

London's New Year's Eve fireworks display is to become a ticketed event for the first time.

Announcing that tickets for the event will be priced at £10 and capped at 100,000, the Mayor's office said that the event's popularity was straining London's transport and safety infrastructure.

It is understood that attendance at the fireworks displays has increased from 100,000 when it launched in 2003, to an estimated half a million in 2013.

Tickets for this years event will be available for £10 from 26 September, limited to four per purchase.

(MH/CD)

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