After a first phase marked by some controversy, the second phase of ticket sales for the Paris 2024 Olympics will soon begin.
Just over a year from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, ticketing is obviously a major issue for the organizing committee. After a complicated first phase (overpriced tickets, unavailable disciplines), the second phase of sales will soon begin. You had the opportunity to register on the official ticketing website until April 20, 2023, at 6 p.m., to participate in the draw giving access to a single ticket purchase slot. If you are drawn, this slot will be notified to you by email from May 9, 2023. This is a 48-hour window, which guarantees access to unit sales in real time. The first sales will take place on May 11.
There will be a priori 300,000 tickets at 24 euros, and “1.5 million” in total according to Tony Estanguet, the president of the organizing committee of the Paris Olympics 2024. Each account can obtain up to 30 tickets (including the total of the first phase) with a maximum of 6 tickets per session, a maximum of 4 tickets for each ceremony and for the high demand competition sessions (60 sessions in 11 sports). Please note that those who were drawn in the first phase do not need to re-register. They just have to wait again and hope to be selected.
This second stage, that of the sale of single tickets, concerns the 20% of the most requested Olympic sessions. Here are the prices set up for the second phase of sales.
Finally, here are the details of the prices according to the events for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
After a first phase of sales at the start of the year, the second will begin on May 11 after a draw. The organizers have planned a third phase which will take place at the end of the year. A section dedicated to resale will also be created before the start of the Olympic Games in July 2024. Tickets cannot be resold for more than the purchase price.
Asked about France Info in early April 2023, Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castera responded to criticism of ticket prices deemed too high by part of the public. “We’re talking about the biggest sporting event in the world. We don’t ask ourselves these kinds of questions when we go to a Madonna concert. We have a million tickets at €24 and 10% of the tickets over €200,” said she tried to justify. “These are normal prices for an Olympic Games. We are below London prices,” she said. And to conclude: “We have set up a popular ticket office in which the state will offer 400,000 tickets for young people, people with disabilities”.
