The second round of ticket sales for next year's Paris Olympics started with only the lucky winners of a lottery being able to buy about 1.5 million seats.
started Thursday with only the lucky winners of a lottery being able to buy about 1.5 million seats for the most prestigious competitions, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies.HOW IT WORKS
Michael Aloïsio, the deputy general manager of the Paris Olympics, said the system is made so that winners can easily buy seats for family and friends.“We put on sale the most emblematic tickets of the games,” Aloïsio said, adding that Olympic fans who accessed the platform on Thursday “are over the moon.”CHEAP TICKETS
Ticket sales represent about a third of the budget for the Paris Olympics, which is estimated at 4.4 billion euros .It's too late to apply for the draw, but there will be further ticket opportunities at the end of the year, organizers said. The exact date has not yet been set.Tickets for the Paralympics go online on Oct. 4 but not in a lottery, with about 3 million tickets expected to be sold. Those games will take place from Aug. 28-Sept. 8.
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