Attending the Games is not lost on everyone. The State announced this Friday, through the voice of the Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, the launch of the popular ticket office “Tous aux Jeux”. 401,220 tickets acquired by France will be divided between the Olympic Games (100,700), Paralympic Games (298,600) and the opening ceremonies (1,920) to be distributed to four categories of people.
“Youth” is the first invoked in the state press release. Pupils from all over metropolitan France and overseas, from CM1 to Terminal, will be able to attend the tests, as will “disadvantaged young people, protected by child welfare or benefiting from a program of accompaniment for the holidays”, as well as scholarship students and “young people who shine in an exemplary way through their civic or associative commitment”. All this for a total of 258,800 sesames. “A major focus will be placed on Paralympic events in the case of youth places,” the statement said.
100,100 places will go to volunteers from the sports movement including “educators, leaders, coaches, referees, etc”. Among these, sports federations approved by the ministry or affiliated with the French National Olympic Sports Committee will be responsible for distributing 70,000 of them. , with the aim of training 3,000 new sports clubs to welcome people with disabilities before the Paris Games. »
17,400 tickets will be allocated to people with disabilities and their caregivers. The State will rely on medico-social establishments and services, on the para-sports movement and on large associative networks to carry out distribution. Finally, 24,820 tickets will go to public officials in categories B and C.
Ticket allocation will begin in Spring 2024
“Our objective is simple: to enable young people, everyday heroes of the sporting world, public service agents and State officials, as well as underprivileged audiences or people who are too often far from major sporting events to share the happiness of live the Games in France, marveling at the diversity of their events and the extraordinary exploits of which they are always the scene” explained Amélie Oudéa-Castéra.
“The allocation of tickets will begin from the spring of 2024, after a phase of selection of beneficiaries which will be declined within each administration. The selected beneficiaries will be able to obtain their electronic tickets from June 2024 on the Paris 2024 smartphone application.
