ticket office open, 2.8 million tickets on sale

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2023-10-09 12:45:11

The ticket office for the Paris-2024 Paralympic Games opened Monday morning, offering nearly 2.8 million tickets for sale according to the “first come, first served” principle, for prices of 15 to 100 euros, excluding the opening ceremonies. opening and closing.

Published on: 09/10/2023 – 12:45 Modified on: 09/10/2023 – 12:59

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“I really want to encourage all our compatriots to buy tickets” for the Paralympic Games, launched, Sunday October 8, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron after a small crowd at Place de la République, during a day dedicated to parasports in Paris.

Among these more than two million tickets, 60,000 correspond to easily accessible seats and 12,000 are reserved for people in wheelchairs.

This responds “to all the demands”, justified the organization of Paris-2024 to explain this low figure. Potential accompanying persons will also need to have a ticket.

A “truly popular” ticket office

The Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, recalled that “300,000 tickets” for the Paralympic Games would be distributed in particular “to schools”.

Last August, the president of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee (CPSF), Marie-Amélie Le Fur, praised a “genuinely popular” ticket office from AFP, with notably “half of the tickets costing less than 25 euros”.

Some 80% are also advertised at 50 euros or less. “Discovery passes”, at 24 euros, are also offered to attend several disciplines in the same day, as is an offer for families with reduced price places for children.

With AFP

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