Never have so many residents of working-class neighborhoods attended a Games ceremony.
This Tuesday, March 5 afternoon, in the Senate, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin announced that 326,000 people could attend the event on the Seine, in Paris, on July 26.
222,000 tickets will be free and distributed by “trusted third parties”, as the minister called them: the State, the host cities of the Games, the Île-de-France region or even the Paris 2024 organizing committee. ministry had first considered setting up a free ticket office accessible to all, upon registration.
An announcement which “delighted” the town hall of Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), which had for a time hoped that the opening ceremony would take place in its city, at the Stade de France.
“This is extraordinary news!
enthuses the Deputy for Sports, Shems El Khalfaoui (DVG).
For the opening ceremonies, we weren't able to get many tickets through social ticketing, because it was quite expensive.
And there, from a few hundred places, which we wanted to distribute by a draw, we will be able to satisfy several thousand people.
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