TICKET GUIDE SEPTEMBER 23-30, 2017 invictusgames2017.com v1 TICKETING SEPTEMBER AT A GLANCE OPENING 23 CEREMONY 2017 Established by Prince Harry in 2014, the Invictus Games are the only international sporting event for ill, INVICTUS wounded and injured active duty and It is difficult to say which moment changed my life more. The moment veteran service members. SPIRIT at the end of my 102nd free-fall jump as a parachute instructor with the Royal Canadian Regiment, when I landed on my tailbone, fracturing a A MESSAGE FROM vertebra, which left me partially paralyzed from the waist down. Or, the RETIRED SERGEANT moment on Mount Washington on Vancouver Island when I discovered sit-skiing for the first time, and began my new future. STEVE DANIEL From that first sit-ski, which became a symbolic moment for me, I graduated to competitive sport through adaptive rowing. Two short years ADAPTIVE after my injury, I found myself once again representing my country at the 12 SPORTS * 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, this time in a new uniform. The Maple $ Leaf has never been so beautiful to me. TICKETS FROM The power of adaptive sport was beside me through my transformation 25 from a seasoned soldier, to a Paralympian, to a practicing medical doctor VENUES and now, to an Invictus Games competitor. None of it was easy, but all of it 9 was possible. Like many of my teammates, I joined the Canadian Armed Forces for adventure. It was that same longing that led me to participate in the DAYS OF COMPETITION Invictus Games. But what I found was far more powerful. The Invictus 8 Games offered me a new purpose, a new drive and a sense of belonging. With all my life’s changes, the opportunity to reconnect and spend time COMPETING with my brothers- and sisters-in-arms strengthened my connection to my 17 NATIONS past and enabled me to move forward. The Invictus Games in Toronto will have the power to change the lives of all 550 competitors, and the lives of their friends and families who have been invited to be a part of this healing experience. All of us have said goodbye to the lives we once had before becoming ill, wounded or injured. 550COMPETITORS SEPTEMBER Many of us have yet to greet our new potentials…until now. Don’t miss your chance to witness the best of the human spirit. Join us in the stands and experience for yourself the power of Invictus. CLOSING CEREMONY On behalf of all the competitors, thank you for your support and for 30 being a part of our journey. We all look forward to seeing you in the 2017 stands in September! — Retired Sergeant Steve Daniel, member of the 2016 and 2017 Invictus Games Team Canada *Discount for military personnel, veterans and their family, children and seniors (age-restriction applies) 2 COMPETITION TICKET SCHEDULE PRICING CEREMONY VENUE Price per ticket, by pricing category SEPTEMBER cat. 1 cat. 2 cat. 3 cat. 4 EVENT 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Opening Ceremony Air Canada Centre $150 $120 $80 $60 Closing Ceremony Air Canada Centre $150 $120 $80 $60 Opening Ceremony • Closing Ceremony • EVENT VENUE Price per ticket Archery • • • Archery Fort York National Historic Site FREE Athletics • • Athletics York Lions Stadium $25 Cycling Toronto Island Parks FREE Cycling • • Golf St. George's Golf and Country Club FREE Golf • Indoor rowing Mattamy Athletic Centre $25 Indoor rowing • Jaguar Land Rover Distillery District FREE Jaguar Land Rover Driving Challenge • Driving Challenge Powerlifting Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre $25 Powerlifting • • Sitting volleyball – preliminaries Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre $25 Sitting volleyball • • Sitting volleyball – finals Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre $25 Swimming • • Swimming Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre $25 Wheelchair basketball • • • Wheelchair basketball – preliminaries Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre $25 Wheelchair rugby • • Wheelchair basketball – finals Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre $25 Wheelchair tennis • • Wheelchair rugby Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre $25 Wheelchair tennis Nathan Phillips Square FREE Additional service fees and charges will apply at point of sale. The Invictus Games Toronto 2017 Organizing Committee reserves the right to adjust pricing. 3 OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES The Opening and Closing Ceremonies will celebrate and embrace the Invictus Games mission: to transform VENUE: empathy into empowerment and unleash the Invictus AIR CANADA CENTRE spirit within each of us. (ACC) OPENING CEREMONY (OC) 40 Bay Street Toronto, ON M5J 2X2 The Opening Ceremony of the Invictus Games Toronto 2017 on September 23, 2017, will be a TICKETS FROM $60 spectacular, live two-hour event designed to Opening Ceremony (OC) welcome and honour competitors and their families $60, $80, $120, $150 from 17 competing nations. Closing Ceremony (CC) $60, $80, $120, $150 The show will feature hundreds of cast members, including men and women from the Canadian Armed Forces, in stunning performances, masterfully combined with the pageantry of elements such as the Parade of Nations and the raising of the official flag. Celebrities, world dignitaries, headline music stars and special guests will all come together as we pay tribute to dramatic Invictus stories and celebrate the brave service members of the 2017 Invictus Games. Join thousands of friends, family and fans and welcome 550 competitors at the Opening Ceremony, held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. CLOSING CEREMONY (CC) On September 30, 2017, the Invictus Games Toronto 2017 Closing Ceremony will feature an astounding array of international headline music artists, joining together to celebrate the achievements and drive of the Invictus Games competitors. A celebration of spirit, the Closing Ceremony will feature powerhouse musical performances, world dignitaries and stories of inspiration as the Games are passed to Sydney, Australia, host of the 2018 Invictus Games. SESSION START TIME*: EVE = EVENING SCHEDULE SAT 23 SUN 24 MON 25 TUE 26 WED 27 THU 28 FRI 29 SAT 30 OC – EVE CC – EVE *SPECIFIC START TIMES TO BE CONFIRMED. For details visit invictusgames2017.com/tickets 4 ARCHERY Archers barely move, but the precision and skill of the competitors and the exacting VENUE: standards of the competition make archery FORT YORK NATIONAL one of the Games’ most exciting sports. HISTORIC SITE (FYK) Competitors may shoot while standing, seated 250 Fort York Blvd in a wheelchair or on a stool. The recurve and Toronto, ON M5V 3K9 compound bow archers aim at 40-centimetre TICKETS targets set 18 metres from the shooting line. FREE Novice recurve archers (those who have been participating in archery for less than a year) shoot at 60-centimetre targets. Archery features individual events for men and women and a mixed team event. Both recurve and compound bows have distinctive, futuristic designs and materials that add to the memorable aesthetics of the sport. There is no entrance fee to Fort York National Historical Site (during the Invictus Games Archery Competition on September 27, 28 and 29, 2017), courtesy of the City of Toronto. SESSION START TIME*: AM = MORNING P = Preliminaries F = Finals (medals presented) SCHEDULE SAT 23 SUN 24 MON 25 TUE 26 WED 27 THU 28 FRI 29 SAT 30 P – AM P – AM F – AM *SPECIFIC START TIMES TO BE CONFIRMED. For details visit invictusgames2017.com/tickets 5 The track events demand both speed and The events are divided by the functional endurance, and cover distances from 100 categorization of the competitors and as to 1,500 metres. The track events include a result, some competitors use racing the dramatic 4 x 100 metre mixed relay chairs, prostheses and/or the guidance of VENUE: event while the field events include both a sighted person. ATHLETICS YORK LIONS STADIUM shot put and discus. (YOR) SESSION START TIME*: AM = MORNING Athletics is one of the most popular sport categories of Ian MacDonald Blvd F = Finals (medals presented) the Invictus Games. Competitors challenge themselves Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 over two days of track and field events at this SCHEDULE SAT 23 SUN 24 MON 25 TUE 26 WED 27 THU 28 FRI 29 SAT 30 spectacular venue, which was built for the TORONTO TICKETS F – AM F – AM 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. $25 *SPECIFIC START TIMES TO BE CONFIRMED. For details visit invictusgames2017.com/tickets 6 CYCLING Road cycling brings competitors and spectators to the beautiful Toronto Island VENUE: Parks for two separate events over two days. TORONTO ISLAND PARKS (TIC) During the time trial, a cyclist enters the race every 60 seconds. They race against the via Jack Layton Ferry Terminal at clock to complete the 11-kilometre course as 9 Queens Quay West quickly as possible. A gruelling combination Toronto, ON M5J 2H3 of speed and endurance, time trials routinely Ferry Direction: Centre see cyclists average speeds in excess of Island 40 km/hour over the duration of the race. Course address: The criterium is a mass start race, with Avenue of the Island, competitors racing head to head against the Toronto, ON M5J 2W2 other racers in their category. Riders race for a set length of time, completing multiple laps TICKETS FREE of a 1.7-kilometre course. The criterium race is strategic, with riders working both with and against each other to try and save as much energy as possible for an eventual sprint finish on the bell lap. The speed at which the competitors ride is entirely dependent on the decision of the group. Competitors, depending on their adaptive requirements and categories, compete on either a road bike, handcycle, recumbent or tandem bike. SESSION START TIME*: AM = MORNING F = Finals (medals presented) SCHEDULE SAT 23 SUN 24 MON 25 TUE 26 WED 27 THU 28 FRI 29 SAT 30 TIME-TRIAL F – AM CRITERIUM F – AM *SPECIFIC START TIMES TO BE CONFIRMED.