There were 250,000 tickets issued for the swearing in ceremony. They were color coded for which section you were in. Orange, blue, silver, purple. Of the 250,000 ticket holders, the Inauguration officials were able to accommodate 245,000 of them. Several thousand people with tickets to the purple section were caught in a tunnel for several … Continue reading Obama Inauguration: 250,000 Tickets; Ten Feet; Heartbreak; Heart Healing