PARIS : Paris 2024 has sold just over two million tickets for the Paralympic Games, organisers said hours before the opening ceremony on Wednesday, adding they were confident it would be a sold-out extravaganza.
FILE PHOTO: People walk past posters of athletes ahead of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games in Paris, France, August 27, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
Organisers said on Tuesday that some 500,000 tickets were still up for grabs, which, if they are sold, would put Paris just short of the record 2.7 million sold for the London 2012 Games, where 97 per cent tickets were purchased. "We know we will continue to sell tickets over the next days, probably until the end of the Games," Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet said.
"Today, the number of tickets sold will certainly surpass the Rio numbers," IPC spokesperson Craig Spence said.
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