Slam City Jam North American Skateboard Championships by Boarding.net

SINGLE-DAY PASSES TO GO ON SALE AT ALL TICKETMASTER OUTLETS FRIDAY, AUGUST 11TH

…Slam City Jam festival of skateboarding, music and lifestyle on tap for Friday, August 25 through Sunday, August 27, with more than 100 of the world’s top pros at Stampede Park

CALGARY (Friday, August 4th, 2006) –– Single-day tickets for the Slam City Jam North American Skateboard Championships, a three-day festival of skateboarding, music and lifestyle to be held August 25-27 at Stampede Park, go on sale at all TicketMaster outlets on Friday, August 11th.

Groups of 20 or more single-day tickets can be purchased in advance at a 20% discount as early as this Friday, August 4th. Details regarding group sales and special discount offers can be found on the Slam City Jam website: www.slamcityjam.com.

Single-day tickets start at $21.50 for general admission for children under 12. Adult and youth general admission tickets are $27.00. Bronze tickets guaranteeing reserved seating in the Calgary Corral and access to see Tony Hawk’s Grand Jam, Friday, August 25th, are $24.00 for children and $30.00 for adults and youth.

“We’re still encouraging our fans to take advantage of our three-day SERIES Tickets, which offer a 20 per cent savings on regular admission and guaranteed access to see Tony Hawk perform on the Boom Boom Huck Jam in the Round-Up Centre, but we know lots of our fans can’t wait to get their hands on the single day performances of their choice,” said Kleo Landucci, President of Slam City Jam. “We wanted to remind our fans of their chance to buy SERIES Tickets now on line and over the phone and to reserve their single-day tickets beginning August 11th.”

Landucci noted there were still a limited number of Silver Slam SERIES Tickets available through www.ticketmaster.ca, but that all Grand Slam and Gold Slam SERIES Tickets had been sold out.

“We’re really pleased with the welcome we’ve received in Calgary this year and we’re excited to announce more of the big name entries this month,” said Landucci, who confirmed X Games star Ryan Sheckler of the U.S. yesterday and opened the summer countdown to Slam City by announcing popular Canadian skateboarder Chris Haslam of Richmond, B.C. on May surfth. “Having entries like Chris Haslam already confirmed is important for us and our fans. We’re also looking forward to announcing our music line up beginning next week.”

More than 100 hours of skateboarding, music and SK8 Expo programming are included in the cost of a three-day SERIES Ticket, which begin as low as $60.00 for Bronze Slam child. “There’s no better way for our fans to get the best seats at the best prices than with the three-day SERIES passes, but we’re very proud of our value pricing all the way around. We’ll be offering skateboarding, music and videos, plus our SK8 Expo and autograph signing sessions for the price of a movi.e and snacks and less than the price of most concerts, so we’re happy about being able to do that in our debut in Calgary, especially with a line up that also includes Tony Hawk and Eric Koston’s Es Game of Skate and the best Canadian amateurs in the DC Nationals.”

Three-day SERIES Tickets are available now on line and by phone at www.ticketmaster.ca and at 403.777.0633. The latest event information, including venue and seating charts, are available at www.slamcityjam.com, the official web site for Slam City fans.