some discounts may be obtained a few hours before the show as agents need to clear their inventory, but this is at the risk of missing the show completely if seats get sold out as it os often the case.

tickets have a variety of counterfeiting measures, such as bar codes and even holograms - and should only be bought from legitimate and authorized resellers o avoid buying useless forgeries that would not get pass the scanners at the sambódromo .

for those wishing to buy tickets for the sambódromo parades, there are four types of tickets available: those for bleachers, chairs, stalls (frisas), and boxes (camarotes).

the most expensive tickets are for the sunday and monday night parades, and for any given night tickets for the central sections ware more expensive the sections at the edge of the sambódromo.