All eyes will be on Paris in 2024, when the French capital hosts the 33rd Summer Olympic Games. The global sporting event, which runs from July 26 to Aug. 11, is expected to draw 10,500 Olympic athletes vying for some of the biggest accolades of their careers — and millions of spectators watching them do it.
The flow of sports fans into the city should create a very different spirit to the stripped-down experience of the last Summer Games, hosted by Tokyo in 2021, which was postponed a year because of the pandemic and saw athletes competing to almost empty stands because of Covid protocols.
In a further leap from Tokyo’s deserted scenes, Paris 2024’s opening ceremony will be the first in Olympic history to be held outside a stadium; the city instead is inviting the public to cheer on delegates on a flotilla of boats proceeding down a nearly four-mile route on the River Seine. Tickets will be sold for seating on the lower banks and other areas, but the upper banks will be free for the public to watch from.
After the Olympic Games, the athletic competition continues in Paris with the Paralympic Games, which will take place from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8.
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How do I buy tickets?
Ticket sales for the Paris Olympics’ almost 10 million spectator spots have already begun, but it’s not too late to snag some of your own.
Keep in mind that the Paris 2024 ticketing website is the only official platform for international spectators to purchase tickets, with prospective buyers warned that any other sites selling tickets are unauthorized and could be subject to cancellation.
The first phase of sales, in which some 3.25 million tickets were sold, ended in March.
If you missed that, don’t worry: There’s still time to enter the draw for the second phase of ticket sales, which closes on April 20 at 6 p.m. Central European Time. Successful entrants will be notified by email after May 9 and will be given a 48-hour slot to buy tickets to individual sporting events, as well as for seats to the opening and closing ceremonies. You can read the full ticketing guide here.
There are more than 750 events to choose from, so perusing the Paris 2024 calendar, seating plans and ticket prices ahead of booking is a good idea. Pricing will vary depending on the seating and event type (tickets for handball competitions, for example, range from 24 to 190 euros, or about $26 to $205; while tickets for track and…
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