The number of spectators who will be able to attend the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games on July 26 on the banks of the Seine is "around 300,000", Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Wednesday.
A figure largely revised downwards compared to initial estimates.
“The idea is that there are 100,000 people on the lower platforms”, with paid tickets, and “more than 220,000 people on the upper platforms”, with free tickets, “and then after there are everyone who lives and who will be able to rent, have evenings along the Seine,” the tenant of Place Beauvau detailed on France 2.
Gérald Darmanin announced in October 2022 to the Senate “600,000 spectators”, including 500,000 on the high quays.
>> More information to follow on Le Parisien