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- Updated: May 25, 2016
10:29 AM ET
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Wednesday morning that it has cut off sales of general admission tickets to the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, making the event a total sellout.
IMS revealed May 6 that all reserved seats for the race had been sold for the first time in at least 20 years, and stronger-than-anticipated demand for general admission tickets for the spectator mounds that line the infield of the 2.5-mile oval prompted the track to end sales four days before Sunday’s race (noon ET, ABC/WatchESPN).
With the event declared a total sellout, the local blackout on the live broadcast of the race will be lifted this year for the first time since ABC began live coverage in 1965.
“There’s no event in the world like the Indy 500, and this …
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