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 The most affordable of the 7.5 million tickets are 40 reais and all
purchases can be paid for in up to five installments. The cheapest
tickets at London 2012 were 20 pounds, at the time about $32.
The most expensive tickets in Rio -- for the athletics, basketball,
beach volleyball and volleyball finals -– are priced at 1,200 reais,
far above Brazil's minimum monthly wage of 788.
Tickets for the popular opening ceremony will cost up to 4,600
reais.
The announcement came as many Brazilians struggle to keep their
heads above water amid a deepening economic crisis.
The economy grew 0.1 percent last year and is expected to shrink in
2015 as corruption scandals hit investment.
The Olympics competition schedule was also released on Tuesday, with
eight finals on the last day, Sunday Aug. 21.
The men's football tournament is the first sport to kick off on Aug.
3, two days before the opening ceremony.
Tickets for the seven soccer matches scheduled for Sao Paulo have
been held back due to an impasse over who will foot the bill for the
renovations at the Corinthians arena.
(Reporting by Caio Saad in Rio de Janeiro. Writing by Andrew Downie
in Sao Paulo, Editing by Ken Ferris)
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