VIP Tickets - The Arnold Sports Festival is proud to announce several exclusive Weekend experiences that will only be offered to Arnold VIPs.
VIP tickets are available at Ticketmaster.
They include a Meet & Greet with competing International Federation of Body Building professionals, entry into a raffle to win lunch and photo with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (at noon on Sunday, March 6), entry into a raffle to win two Arnold VIP Ticket Packages to the 2012 Arnold Sports Festival, early entry to the Arnold Fitness EXPO, and a commemorative Arnold VIP Gift Tote and VIP Credential.
The new Arnold VIP Ticket Package exclusive features are in addition to premium seating and/or admission to nearly all Weekend events, including the 23rd Annual Arnold Classic and all other professional International Federation of Body Building events held during the Arnold Sports Festival, set for March 3-6, 2011 in downtown Columbus, Ohio.
Arnold VIP Ticket Packages will cost just $350 each again in 2011 and are available at www.ticketmaster.com/arnold.
The Meet & Greet with IFBB Professionals will be held the evening of Thursday, March 3 at Veterans Memorial and will feature appearances by professional men’s and women’s bodybuilders, fitness, figure and bikini athletes such as Kai Greene, Phil Heath, Iris Kyle, Adela Garcia and Nicole Wilkins-Lee. (All IFBB athletes competing at the Arnold Classic and related professional events will be invited to the Meet & Greet.)
VIP ticket holders will also be invited to enter the Arnold Fitness EXPO 30 minutes before doors open to the general public on Friday, March 4; Saturday, March 5; and Sunday, March 6.
The Arnold VIP Ticket Packages will include the following 12 tickets:
* Reserved seating for the 23rd Annual Arnold Classic, Bikini International and Arnold Strongman Classic Finals on Saturday, March 5 at Veterans Memorial
* Reserved seating for the Ms. International, Fitness International and Figure International Finals on Friday, March 4 at Veterans Memorial
* Reserved seating for the Arnold Classic and Bikini International Prejudging on Saturday, March 5 at Veterans Memorial
* Admission to the Meet & Greet With IFBB Professional Athletes on Thursday, March 3 at Veterans Memorial
* Admission to the Arnold Party With The Pros – the Official Arnold After-Party – on Saturday, March 5 at the LC Pavilion
* Admission to the Arnold Amateur IFBB Fitness, Figure and Bikini Prejudging on Thursday, March 3 at Veterans Memorial
* Admission to the Arnold Amateur IFBB Men’s and Women’s Bodybuilding Prejudging on Friday, March 4 at Veterans Memorial
* Three days admission to the Arnold Fitness EXPO and all events included with Daily EXPO ticket. Arnold Fitness EXPO admission includes entrance 30 minutes before doors open to general public.
* Admission to the Ask Arnold Training Seminar on Sunday, March 6 at Veterans Memorial
* One ticket that is redeemable for a commemorative VIP Tote Bag that will include a Special VIP credential.
VIP tickets are available at Ticketmaster.
Bodybuilding fans are well aware of Arnold Amateur men's bodybuilding champions Roelly Winklaar and Essa Obaid, who have both won IFBB pro contests in 2010. Fitness fans will soon learn the name Noemi Olah.
Like the more well-known Winklaar and Obaid, Olah has quickly gone from the Arnold Amateur stage to the IFBB winner's circle by taking the IFBB Detroit Pro Bikini in her pro debut in September 2010.
Olah, of Hungary, qualified for the Olympia with the victory, and is expected to challenge for the inaugural Bikini International title at the Arnold Classic in March.
The fifth-annual Arnold Amateur IFBB International Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure and Bikini Championships will once again include amateurs from USA's NPC and IFBB and competitors from throughout Europe, Asia, and Canada.
Amateur Fitness Competition
The fifth-annual Arnold Amateur IFBB International Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure and Bikini Championships will once again include amateurs from USA's NPC and IFBB and competitors from throughout Europe, Asia, and Canada.
U.S. competitors must finish in the top five at an NPC national qualifying-sanctioned event to be eligible for the Arnold Amateur.
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Amateur Figure
Arnold Amateur Figure Winner 2010
Pro cards are not awarded to U.S. competitors who win the Arnold Amateur Men’s and Women’s Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure and Bikini competitions.However, Arnold Amateur winners who go on to earn a Pro card through a sanctioned-qualifying event will be invited to compete in a future Arnold Classic, Ms. International, Figure International, Fitness International or Bikini International.
This is a tremendous and unique opportunity to secure a spot in one of the most prestigious professional bodybuilding shows in the world. Arnold Amateur winners also receive two tickets to the Arnold Classic bodybuilding finals on Saturday, March 5 and will be recognized on stage and be photographed with Arnold. The Arnold Amateur receives a tremendous amount of national and international coverage from leading publications, offering winners an unprecedented amount of media exposure.
Amateur Bodybuilding
Essa Obaid
United Arab Emirates
Arnold Amateur Winner 2010
The Arnold Amateur IFBB International Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure and Bikini Championships is quickly earning a reputation as the quickest route from little-known amateur to rising star.
Two of the hottest names in men's professional bodybuilding were discovered at the Arnold Amateur. Roelly Winklaar, 2009 Arnold Amateur winner, made his professional debut at the 2010 Arnold Classic in stellar fashion, finishing a surprising seventh. He followed that up with a Mr. Olympia-quaifying third-place finihsh in Australia before winning his first IFBB championship at the New York Pro in May 2010.
Essa Obaid, the 2010 Arnold Amateur champ, took even less time to make his presence known on the professional circuit. Four months after winning in Columbus, Obaid shocked the men's bodybuilding world when he won the IFBB Europa Super Show in Dallas in his pro debut in August 2010.
Get entry form at www.arnoldamateur.com.
Arnold Sports Film Festival - The Arnold Sports Festival and Ideas United have announced the first-annual Arnold Sports Film Festival will be held March 4-6, 2011 in Columbus, Ohio, in conjunction with the Arnold Sports Festival.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, co-founder of the Arnold Sports Festival, will be among the celebrity juries who pick the festival winners. The festival's grand prize winner will be awarded a trip to visit Schwarzenegger on a Hollywood movie set.
The Arnold Sports Film Festival will be committed to the discovery, nurture and presentation of the best short-form international filmmaking focused on personal athletic endeavor.
The Anold Sports Film Festival will also complement and extend the largest multi-sport event in the world -- founded in 1989 by Schwarzenegger and Jim Lorimer -- and will build on the Arnold Sports Festival’s decades-long commitment to celebrating achievement in individual sport and athletic competition. [ Read More ]
Mark your calendar for March 3-6, 2011. The weekend begins on Thursday with Amateur Fitness, Figure and Bikin competitions. Only 253 days until it begins.
