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US Olympic and Paralympic Museum to offer discounted tickets through September

U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum
Posted at 9:20 PM, Aug 10, 2023
and last updated 2023-08-10 23:21:38-04

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — The United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum announced Thursday it would be running an offer on discounted tickets on Saturdays all the way through September.

Colorado residents with a State I.D. will get the chance to get discounted tickets at $5 every Saturday starting at 3 p.m. Not a Colorado resident? No worries! The museum says non-residents will be able to enter with a Colorado resident for only $10.

Tickets can be purchased online or in person.

The announcement of the discounted tickets comes just after the passing of the one-year countdown to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. KOAA-TV is your home for the Olympics and coverage of the games from Colorado Springs, Olympic City USA.

You can watch all of the competitions with coverage from NBC Sports across multiple platforms.

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