There were no tickets, no VIP seats, no privileges for the great and the good.

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As late as 1997, Sports Illustrated paid big money for 20 VIP seats for clients to travel on the Concorde to Spain with the U.S. Ryder Cup team for the matches at Valderrama.

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This year, festival organisers are giving away two free VIP seats to the heavyweight championships, but the winners will have to know their jousting trivia -- participants must answer eight questions correctly in order to be entered into the final draw this Wednesday, 22 August.

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Besides the hospitality, seats and VIP access, packages can be purchased with or without lodging, which usually also includes ground transportation between the hotel and track, either scheduled buses or semi-private hourly shuttles to the track with on-demand returns.

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