General admission tickets on sale for Wendy’s Invitational

The AST Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour, today announced that general admission tickets to the Wendy’s Invitational in Portland, Ore. are available for purchase beginning Monday, April 28. A limited number of premium-seating tickets (Action Zone and Reserved Seating), which went on sale April 1, are still available. The Wendy’s Invitational is the third of five events on the 2008 tour and will be held at Portland’s Rose Quarter, Aug. 21-24. For the fourth consecutive year, the event will feature the greatest talent in skateboarding, BMX and freestyle motocross.

General admission tickets are available each day for $15, adults and $7.50, children. With the advanced purchase of any AST Dew Tour ticket, Friday through Sunday, fans will receive a free ticket to the qualifying competitions being held on Thursday of the Wendy’s Invitational. Tickets to the Thursday qualifying competitions are not for sale. Tickets are available at Rose Quarter Box Office, participating Safeway and TicketsWest locations, by calling (877) 789-ROSE or at ComcastTIX.com.

Limited quantities of the Reserved Seating ticket are available for $35 each day, Friday-Sunday, for children and adults, and guarantees premium reserved seating for all finals competitions on purchased day. Limited quantities of Action Zone tickets for the Panasonic Open are available for $100 each day, Friday-Sunday, for children and adults. The Action Zone ticket provides access to priority reserved seating for all finals competitions on purchased day, as well as official merchandise, a behind the scenes tour, 20 percent off merchandise coupon, Fast Pass Access into venues and interactive areas, along with a 12-month subscription to one TransWorld Magazine (TransWorld Motocross, TransWorld Skateboarding or Ride BMX).

The purchase of a three day ticket is also available: Action Zone 3-day pass for $250, a $50 savings; Reserved Seating 3-day pass for $90, a $15 savings; and General Admission 3-day pass for $35, a $10 savings.

The following are the scheduled days for competition finals at the Wendy’s Invitational (complete spectator schedule will be announced at a later date):

Friday, August 22nd
SKB Park and BMX Dirt Finals/ Concert

Saturday, August 23rd
SKB Vert and BMX Vert Finals

Sunday, August 24th
BMX Park Final and FMX Exhibition

*Schedule is subject to change