Would-be spectators can join now by way of April 20 for a lottery for hundreds of thousands of tickets for Olympic occasions, which run July 26-Aug. 8, 2024. Those chosen for the draw can be contacted in May to go online and buy particular person tickets.

An preliminary ticketing lottery in February and March allowed patrons to get packages of tickets, however few folks have been capable of entry lower-cost tickets. Buyers have been additionally required to purchase packages for a number of sports activities, to encourage folks to attend less-popular occasions.

Paris 2024 organizers introduced final 12 months that there can be 1 million tickets at 24 euros ($26) and greater than 4 million for lower than 50 euros ($53). In all, 10 million tickets for the Olympics and three.4 million for the Paralympics can be made obtainable on the web platform.
A remaining ticketing part will run later this 12 months.

Ticket gross sales are anticipated to cowl a couple of third of the general value of internet hosting the Games.

French President Emmanuel Macron launched the 500-day countdown to the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics on Tuesday.