The holidays are getting closer! Here's how to get your hands on tickets for a popular new event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway that starts this month and runs through December.
INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - The holidays are getting closer! Here's how to get your hands on tickets for a popular new event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway that starts this month and runs through December.
“You think about May and what we do here, but you don't think about November, December, and January and us being open then, so we decided it would be a lot of fun in November and December to help people create another holiday tradition – because this place is about traditions – and we felt like it's a great idea to give people that view of the Speedway that a lot of us see the night before the 500 when no one is here and its lit up,” IMS President Doug Boles said.
"Speedway Speedy Pass" tickets are on sale for "Lights at the Brickyard" at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The event runs from Nov. 18-20, Nov. 23-27 and Dec. 1-31. It features more than 2 million lights spanning more than 400 displays across 40 scenes, spread along a 1.7-mile driving experience. The drive incorporates portions of the IMS road course and oval, and crosses the famous "Yard of Bricks."
“The neat part of it is you start out on the road course and go through and my favorite part is when you come out of turn four at the oval and you get to see that front stretch with the pagoda lit up, the pylon lit up, and the Twelve Days of Christmas on your left,” Boles explained.
Hours for the event are 6-9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 6-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
Speedway Speedy Pass tickets allow guests to skip the main line into the facility and gain faster access. The Speedway Speedy Pass entrance is via Gate 12 adjacent to the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course.
Only one ticket is needed per car. The cost is $40 for vehicles with up to 14 passengers and $100 for vehicles with 15 or more passengers.
Each ticket is good for one trip through the exhibit. Prices will increase on Nov. 18 when the event opens, so guests are encouraged to purchase now.
Regular drive-up admission tickets will go on sale Nov. 18 at a price of $20, and will increase to $30 from Dec. 1-31 for vehicles with up to 14 passengers, and $50 for vehicles with 15 or more passengers. Regular admission is at Gate 2 on the south end of the facility off 16th Street.
Guests may print all tickets at home for redemption at the gate or may have them scanned via smartphones.
Phone: Call 800-822-INDY or 317-492-6700 between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (ET) Monday through Friday.
In Person: Visit the IMS Ticket Office at the IMS Administration Building east of the 16th Street roundabout and outside Turn 1 of the oval between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (ET) Monday through Friday.
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