Some 600,000 tickets for the Paris Olympics are still unsold

The number of unsold tickets for the Paris Olympics has raised concerns about the Financial impact that will have in the organizers of the eventas there are apparently around 600,000 tickets left up for grabs.

An original analysis by the ‘Financial Times’ shows that Listings on resale sites rose to 270,465 on Monday, July 22, a jump from 180,000 a month ago. more expensive tickets They cost 2,970 euros, and fans have also expressed their outrage at the prices on social media.

“I’m not surprised. Tickets are too expensive,” one person wrote on social media X, while others pointed out that it was too late. to plan a trip even though prices are falling.

Tony Estanguet, president of Paris 2024 and three times Olympic canoeing championhas repeatedly dismissed the number of tickets available as a reflection of a lack of enthusiasm, The Telegraph reported.

Estanguet said it is not unusual to have empty seats in major stadium events Like football, at the 2012 London Olympics, 264,000 tickets went unsold.

At this stage, Estanguet noted that Paris is doing much better than Rio in 2016, when The Brazilian organizers worked just one week before the games to sell 1.3 million tickets, and noted that many of the tickets still on sale were made available thanks to the “contingency.”

The organizers had 10 million tickets at the start of the Games, but they did not put them on sale. for sale at once. Instead, they were gradually putting more on sale. “That’s why there are still tickets available a week in advance, because now we have the final delivery plan“Estanguet said at a press conference. Paris has so far sold 8.8 million tickets, Estanguet also said.