The opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is shaping up to be grandiose! But you'll have to be able to watch it on something other than television. Scheduled to take place on the quays of the Seine, for the first time outdoors, the event was not financially very accessible for those drawn to buy tickets: almost 2,700 euros. Butthe Minister for Sport, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, had announced that between 300,000 and 400,000 seats would be free to attend the ceremony from the top of the quays, to be obtained via free ticketing.
On July 26, 2024, the six-kilometer spectacle will be seen by many tourists, Parisians and French citizens alike. Between the 100,000 paying seats and the others, a capacity of around 500,000 people was expected. In the end, for security reasons, and with the booksellers remaining on site, only 326,000 people will be able to access the site - the equivalent of "four stadiums in France", according to Gérald Darmanin. It will be possible to sit on the quays of the Seine, free of charge, and even on the Parisian bridges, but you'll obviously have to come very early to hope for the best seat on the ceremony.
And for a view of the low-lying quays between the Pont d'Austerlitz and the Pont d'Iéna, paying tickets are already sold out, with the best-priced ones priced at around 90 euros. 80 giant screens will also be set up across the capital to allow everyone to experience the ceremony. The 94 boats carrying the delegations and 10,000 athletes taking part in the event will also be on display.
At the same time, the 400,000 free tickets have been reduced to 222,000, but few will have access to them as they will be distributed by the Olympic Games' partners, i.e. local authorities such as Paris and Saint-Denis, the Organizing Committee and some government departments.
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