Ticketing Information for the Inaugural Swearing-In Ceremony

The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) has issued the following information regarding the availability of tickets for the 56th Presidential Inaugural Ceremony on January 20, 2009:

Tickets to the 56th Inaugural Ceremonies will be provided free of charge and distributed through Members of the 111th Congress. The Joint CongressionalCommittee on Inaugural Ceremonies does not provide tickets to the public. Members of the public interested in attending the Inaugural Ceremonies should contact their Member of Congress or U.S. Senators to request tickets, each of whom receive only 198 tickets for their constituents. DO ASAP!

The public should also be aware that no website or other ticket outlet actually has inaugural swearing-in tickets to sell, regardless of their claims. Tickets will not be distributed to Congressional offices until the week before the inauguration and require in-person pick-up.

"Any website or ticket broker claiming that they have inaugural tickets is simply not telling the truth," said Howard Gantman, Staff Director for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. "Tickets for the swearing-in of President-elect are all provided through members of Congress,and the President-elect and Vice President-elect through the Presidential Inaugural Committee. We urge the public to view any offers of tickets forsale with great skepticism."

Below is a link to contact your local representative to 'get on the list only' for tickets for President Obama's upcoming inauguration in January: http://whoismyrepresentative.com/

Approximately 4 million people, 4 times the previous record, are expected in Washington for the Inauguration, crowding around the Capitol, watching jumbo-tron screens set up on the National Mall, and lining the parade route. Flights and hotel rooms are going fast...so act now.

For those staying here in the Valley, Watch Parties are being planned! Let's celebrate!