Nov. 24, 2008

Phoenix Public Transit and Phoenix Symphony Give “Golden Tickets”

Drawing for Phoenix Symphony tickets and Light Rail preview provides holiday cheer

The Phoenix Public Transit Department and The Phoenix Symphony are partnering on a giveaway that will be a real “golden ticket” for winners. As part of the two organizations’ joint promotion of The Phoenix Symphony Holiday Bus (launching on Tuesday, Nov. 25), Phoenix Public Transit will hold drawings for three ‘family packs’ of tickets; each pack will include:

• Four commemorative passes to the light rail preview event on Dec. 26 at the METRO facility, designed by comic book artist Todd McFarlane (Spawn, Spider Man)
• Four vouchers for two tickets each to Phoenix Symphony concerts in the spring
• Four 3-Day transit passes for use on bus or light rail

“We are so happy to be able to partner with The Phoenix Symphony and METRO to spread a little holiday cheer around the Valley, with one of the hottest tickets you can get,” said Phoenix Public Transit Director Debbie Cotton. “These really are ‘golden tickets’ that people are going to remember winning for a long time!”

Official rules for the drawing are as follows:

• Entries must be written on a postcard or in a letter and must include the entrant’s name, address and contact phone number. Incomplete entries are ineligible.
• Entries must be received at the Phoenix Public Transit Department, 302 N. First Ave, Suite 900, Phoenix, AZ 85003, before 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19. Entries may be mailed or hand delivered, but must be received by the deadline. Winners will be selected by a random drawing and notified via contact phone number.

1. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older at time of submission.
2. Employees of agencies affiliated with Valley Metro or METRO Light Rail are ineligible to enter.
3. One entry per household.
4. No purchase is required.

More about the Preview Pass and artist Todd McFarlane:
METRO’s Preview Pass event will permit a select group of residents, dignitaries and local celebrities to ride the final test train 6 - 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 26 – the day before the public grand opening. The pass designer is Grammy/Emmy-winning producer/director Todd McFarlane, the force behind McFarlane Toys, one of America’s top action figure manufacturers.

About The Phoenix Symphony:
The Phoenix Symphony has been proudly serving the citizens of the Phoenix metropolitan area and Arizona since 1947. Under the artistic leadership of Virginia G. Piper Music Director Michael Christie, the 76-member Phoenix Symphony presents an annual season from September through the beginning of June, featuring full-length classical and pops concerts at Symphony Hall in downtown Phoenix, as well as concerts in Scottsdale, Mesa, Prescott and throughout central Arizona.

About Phoenix Public Transit:
The Phoenix Public Transit Department, a Valley Metro member, is the primary public transit provider within in the city of Phoenix. It operates 21 million miles of fixed-route bus service, including local routes, Phoenix Neighborhood Circulators, RAPID™ and Express commuter services, and Phoenix Dial-A-Ride. Phoenix Public Transit buses carry about 161,000 boardings each weekday or about 70 percent of all bus riders in the Valley.

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