Paris 2024: a record 3.25 million tickets sold to the general public since 15/02/2023

"With 3.25 million tickets sold in less than three weeks (since 15/02/2023), the public in France and across the world responded in huge numbers during the first phase of ticket sales for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games," announced the Organising Committee on 09/03/2023.

"The sale of 'Make Your Games' packs is already the largest ever sale of tickets for a sports event in France. For the first time in Olympic Games history, tickets were made available worldwide from a single platform, with purchase timeslots allocated through a draw and to manage flows, without major waiting times. Thanks to this new approach, using the ticketing platform proved to be a relatively smooth experience, even though around 600 sessions and thousands of possible combinations were on sale in real time," explained Paris 2024.

"The French public, who made up two thirds of ticket purchasers, responded in their thousands. So did fans from abroad, with 158 different countries represented. A relatively high proportion were female and young: in this first phase, 45% were women and 44% were aged under 35," added the…