After a first phase of ticket sales for the 2024 Olympics in Paris which turned into controversy due to prices deemed excessive, the second phase attracted four million registrants who hope to be able to buy single tickets in May .
“There were four million registered”the organizing committee told AFP on Friday the day after the closing of the registration period for the draw.
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This second phase will see 1.5 million tickets flow for those, French or foreign, who will be drawn, from May 11.
Of the 10 million Olympic tickets, 8 million are sold directly to the general public.
The first phase of sales, at the end of which 3.25 million tickets were allocated, concerned packs in batches of three tickets. Three million people had signed up.
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Tickets sold individually
This time the tickets will be sold individually. It will be possible to buy tickets for the unprecedented opening ceremony on the Seine (from 90 euros to 2,700 euros) but also for the finals of certain sports.
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“There won’t be enough for everyone and I expect this second phase to continue to generate disappointments and frustrations. It’s inevitable, but it will once again make people happy and you have to try your luck.said mid-March the president of the organizing committee (Cojo), Tony Estanguet, in an interview with AFP.
During the first phase, nearly 13% of the tickets were sold at a price of 24 euros, 70% at less than 100 euros and 4.5% at more than 200 euros. During this second phase, it will always be the first drawn who will be the best served.
400,000 tickets for schoolchildren, volunteers and people with disabilities
The State will buy 400,000 tickets for schoolchildren, volunteers from the sports movement, people with disabilities… for an amount of 11 million euros, for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Communities, Paris or the department of Seine-Saint-Denis for example, have pre-ordered tickets.
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There will then be another sale at the end of 2023 and until 2024 “Along the water, on a first-come, first-served basis”selon I catch him.
Ticketing revenue should bring in nearly 1.4 billion euros out of an overall budget of 4.4 billion euros for the organizing committee.
