Polyphony Digital has announced that tickets for the first live event of the 2025 Gran Turismo World Series, in London on June 7, are now on sale.
The Gran Turismo World Series online qualifiers are two-thirds of the way through, with the Manufacturers Cup done and dusted and the Nations Cup looking at just four more races to decide the attendees for the four in-person events this year.
London, which hasn’t hosted a live event since the GT Sport unveiling at the Copper Box in 2016, is the first of those four, all of which look to be heading to new venues in 2025. Indeed the London event will take place in the somewhat unexpected surroundings of the former, and world famous, BBC Television Centre.
The home of British broadcasting from 1960-2013, the location in the Shepherd’s Bush area of west London was redeveloped after Auntie moved (back) to Broadcasting House in Westminster, but still operates some studios under the BBC Studioworks banner.
TC1, which was formerly home to some of the network’s flagship shows like Blue Peter, Noel’s House Party, and even used to film some episodes of Fawlty Towers, is the largest of the remaining studio spaces on-site and will stage the Gran Turismo World Series event.
It’s a 10,800 square-foot space with theater-style seating for 550 people — with additional seating possible — which is a perfect size for a World Series event, giving plenty of room on the stage side for any vehicle unveilings that may be part of the planned proceedings.
There appears to be only one type of ticket available, with concessions for under-18s available though they must be accompanied by an adult. This General Admission ticket is priced at £30 ($40/€35), or £20 for U18s ($27/€24), and gives access to both the Manufacturers Cup and Nations Cup, with the event doors opening at 3.15pm and everything coming to a close at 9.30pm.
An hour-long interval gives attendees chance to grab some refreshments, although neither that nor any bonuses that we’ve seen in previous events — like a t-shirt or poster — are included.
You can purchase tickets right now through the event’s special page on the Gran Turismo website.
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