Four million applications have been received for an online lottery where winners can buy tickets to next year’s Paris Olympics, the local organizing committee said on Friday.
They expect to sell 1.3 million tickets for the 2024 Games as a result of the latest draw.
Applications close Thursday night and winners will know early next month if they have been successful. They can start shopping from May 11 and have a 48-hour schedule to do so. You will be informed 48 hours in advance what your schedule is.
Country figures for the 4 million lottery applications and whether more men or women applied were not available. The five countries that bought the most tickets and other statistics will be released after the sale ends in June.
By then, organizers expect around half of the 10 million tickets for the Paris Games will have been sold.
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A total of 3.2 million tickets were sold in the first sales phase, with packages, and the main buyers came from Great Britain and the United States. Phase 1 ended on March 15, which is also when online applications for the lottery and the second phase of single ticket sales began.
The Paris Games, which will take place from July 26 to August 26. On January 11, 2024, it will have 32 sports and 48 disciplines in 37 sites.
Tickets will be available in five categories based on price range, with a maximum of six for any one event, including the opening ceremony.
A display of Olympic rings is pictured overlooking the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, on September 13, 2017. Online applications for a lottery draw where winners can buy tickets to next year’s Olympic Games in Paris They have closed. About four million people applied for the lottery. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
price ranges
To watch the opening ceremony, which will feature thousands of Olympians on boats sailing down the Seine River, spectators will pay between $99 and $2,960, the most expensive ticket of all.
The cheapest tickets for all other events start at just $26, and 4 million of the 10 million tickets for the Paris Games are $55 or less.
Tickets for the women’s 100m final on August 3 are $758 for the best seats. For the men’s 100m final the next day, it’s $1,076.
Tickets for the men’s basketball final on August 10, in which local fans expect prodigy Victor Wembanyama to participate, range from $137 to $1,076. The next day’s women’s final costs between $104 and $560.
Soccer matches will take place in seven cities with the men’s final on August 9 and the women’s final on August 10 at the Parc des Princes in Paris. Both finals are priced from $88 to $329.
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The men’s and women’s skateboard finals also have the same maximum price ($176) and are held near the iconic Place de la Concorde, one of the city’s main public squares.
While tickets can also be purchased for friends and family, they can only be resold on the official platform of the Paris Games.
Those who have not been successful in the lottery will also be informed by email. They are encouraged to stay tuned for future ticket opportunities in late 2023, though it was not yet clear under which format.
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The budget for the Olympic Games in Paris is estimated at $4.7 billion and 96% of that money is financed by television rights, official partnerships, ticket sales and licensed products.
Tickets for the Paralympics will be available online on October 4, but not in a lottery, and around 3 million tickets are expected to be sold.
The 2024 Paralympics will take place from August 28 to September 2. 8.