Approximately one million free tickets to the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games will be distributed to local youth, amateur athletes, people with disabilities and others from April to widen access to the Games. This comes after criticism that the tickets sold to the general public were beyond most budgets.
Organizing committee Cojop said the free tickets will be shared between neighborhoods and cities across France hosting Olympic events.
These are aimed at people with disabilities, those in economic hardship, young people and students, people engaged in sports and working, and residents of areas directly affected by this mega-event. I am.
Of the approximately 1 million tickets, 100,000 were donated by organizers, and the rest were purchased by governments and local governments, Kojop said.
The Seine-Saint-Denis department, a densely populated area north of Paris, is home to the four major Olympic venues and the Olympic Village, with a total of 180,000 tickets available: 150,000 tickets for sporting events and 28,000 tickets for the opening games. Nearby tickets are being contested. formula.
“We chose sports that particularly appeal to our viewers,” said Mathieu Anotin, the mayor of Saint-Denis. The town is home to the Stade de France, the national stadium that will host track and field events this summer.
Further afield, a small number of free tickets are available in the cities of Lyon, Nantes and Saint-Etienne, where Olympic soccer matches will be held, and in Marseille, the sailing venue.
Each local government will decide how and to whom the tickets will be distributed.
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