On the first floor of the Eiffel Tower, one of the iconic sites around which beach volleyball, judo and wrestling will be held (Arena du Champ de Mars), the organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games have detailed the device ticketing (100% digital).
A long stage race.
First highlight, the opening on December 1 of registrations for the draw for the sale of packs of several competition sessions.
On your marks…
The calendar:
from December 1, 2022 at 11 a.m. (Paris time, because this is the opening of the world ticket office) to January 31, 2023 (at 6 p.m.) the registration window will open on the ticket office site official to take part in the draw offering to participate, for the lucky ones (notified 48 hours in advance), in the sale starting on February 15, 2023 (the first four days will be reserved for Club Paris 2024 members).
"
You have two months to register for the draw for the first phase, it's not a speed race
", slipped Étienne Thobois, General Manager of Paris 2024.
Instructions:
It only takes 3 minutes to register for the draw.
The information to be communicated is: an email address and some civil status data.
A few optional questions are added (sports and teams followed, license in a sport, etc.).
The draw:
This is an innovation of Paris 2024. The organizers have tried to learn from previous organizations, in order to avoid the rush on the system and the concentration on the flagship events.
The draw must allow "
on a single platform, to streamline access to offer the best possible experience
", assures Capucine Bernet, director of the ticket office for the 2024 Olympics. Once selected in the draw, the lucky winners will have 48 hours to do their shopping (several times if they wish).
With two limits: 30 tickets maximum, 6 tickets per session.
The sale will begin on February 15.
Prices:
The entry price for tickets to all Olympic sports has been set at 24 euros.
One million tickets being reserved at this rate.
And almost half of the tickets will be 50 euros or less.
The packs will consist of a minimum of 3 tickets.
Tickets:
80% of sessions will be open.
The exceptions: there is no ticket office for the surfing events and the sale of the very popular finals (100 m in athletics, etc.), such as those of the opening and closing ceremonies, is reserved for the sale of tickets at the unit (in May).
But places for many finals will already be on sale.
Examples of tailor-made packs:
The combinations are multiple, per pack of three tickets (out of the 32 sports available).
From 72 euros (a swimming ticket, an athletics ticket, a basketball ticket or a mountain bike ticket, a canoe-kayak final ticket, a hockey ticket) to 1150 euros (hyper premium pack with an athletics final ticket, excluding 100m, a rhythmic gymnastics ticket, a quarter-final boxing ticket).
The examples vary with, for example, a Marseille pack (at 124 euros with a men's football ticket, a sailing ticket, a women's football ticket) or a Premium pack (at 530 with euros an artistic gymnastics ticket, category A at 260 euros, a ticket beach volleyball at 120 euros and a category A basketball ticket at 150 euros)…
The big starting point:
“
Being in the stadium, experiencing the Games in real life, is something
”, presented Tony Estanguet, President of the Organizing Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
. is the possibility of positioning oneself in anticipation of tickets.
This is the beginning of the concrete adventure.
This is an important step.
With ticketing (10 million tickets for the Olympic Games; 3.4 million for the Paralympic Games), the Paris 2024 Games will become part of people's daily lives, with the unique chance for the French to experience the Games at home. .
It's the front door.
Athletes want to feel the country behind them
”, summarizes Michaël Aloisio, director of cabinet, spokesperson for Paris 2024.
Fallback solutions:
"
The phase of tailor-made packs is only a first opportunity to obtain tickets, there will be others
", assures Capucine Bernet, director of ticketing for the 2024 Olympics. Namely, the single ticket sales phase from May, sale at the end of 2023 without drawing lots, tickets for the Paralympic Games in the fall, without drawing lots.