On the one hand there are the controversies, on the other the expectations. That, to hear about Étienne Thobois , the director general of the organizing committee of next year’s Olympicshave already been surpassed. “Ticket sales so far are very successful: ne 3.25 million have already been sold. A river of tickets (strictly all digital) ended up in 158 countries, although two-thirds of the total were naturally acquired in France, which precedes England, the United States and Germany in the ranking. Asked about the possibility that some of those tickets could have ended up in Russia or Belarus, the 55-year-old former badminton professional, French national between 1987 and 1996, rhe answers like this: «Lhe platform is open to all, and not prohibits the purchase on the basis of nationality. So it probably happened.”
Thobois then insists on the button pressed for months by the organizers. “As we promised, they will be Olympics for everyone – he explains -. In fact, there are tickets for sale at a price of only 24 euros». Different
Of course, the story is different when it comes to the opening ceremony, the seats of which will be sold for their weight in gold (so much so that it will be possible to spend over 2,700 francs – as well as those for the finals
athletics, swimming or basketball, which could cost “940 euros”, said Thobois. I stress, however, that those who attend the Parisian competitions will have to spend less than in Tokyo, even if in the end those games were held closed due to the pandemic: compared to the last editions, the Parisian one will be in line with the prices of the London Games , but it will still be more expensive than Rio 2016.
If the estimates and the trend are confirmed, between the Olympics and Paralympics we could break through the barrier of thirteen million tickets sold. “It would be an all-time record,” concluded Thobois.
