The Paris Olympics which can also be called the grandest extravaganza of sports, is going to start from July 26. Preparations for this game are going on in full swing in Paris, the capital of France. Athletes from a total of 206 countries including India will compete to claim the biggest sporting glory. Whereas about 15 million people are expected to come to these Olympic Games as tourists. In this way, how much money will the fans have to pay from their pockets to cheer their country's athletes from the stadium in the Games to be held in Paris? How much will be the ticket price for the Olympic Games? Let's have a look at these numbers.
One crore tickets will be up for sale for 329 events
Actually, 329 events of 32 sports will be played in the Paris Olympics. A total of 10,500 athletes will enter the field to win medals. Therefore, tickets and their packages for each game have been kept separately. But 10 million i.e. one crore tickets have been issued by the Olympic Committee. So that fans do not have to face many problems in buying tickets. To buy all these tickets, you will have to go to the official website of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
10 lakh tickets worth 24 euros
More than one million tickets will be available to watch the Olympic Games at a minimum price of 24 Euros (about two thousand rupees) per ticket. In this, the price of 50% of tickets reserved for the general public will be less than or equal to 50 euros. Whereas for medal events, about one-third of the general public tickets will be given at 100 euros (about nine thousand) or less. In contrast, single ticket prices for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will range from 24 Euros to 950 Euros (except opening and closing ceremonies).
Plans for multi-ticket package and membership
The membership plan also has a multi-ticket package to watch the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. In which you can take a package of any three sessions. For example, one can choose between athletics, handball, and rugby, or artistic gymnastics, judo, and water polo, or two sailing sessions and a football match in Marseille, or three sessions of golf, horse riding, and mountain biking in Yvelines. Not only this, in view of the competition to get tickets, fans are being encouraged to become members of Club Paris 2024. After becoming a member, that member will continue to get all the information about the tickets and the games chosen by him. Fans who acquire membership will also be given priority in tickets.
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Ticket price for Neeraj Chopra's event
Tickets for Indian sports events range from 175 Euros (Rs 15650) to 575 Euros (Rs 51423). The most expensive gymnastics package is 1650 Euros (Rs 147562) while the athletics package is 1500 Euros (Rs 134147). Apart from this, a boxing package of 1600 Euros and a wrestling package of 400 Euros are also included.
India Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra will look to repeat his heroics in the upcoming games. In order to witness his live action Indian fans will have to pay 980 Euro (Rs 87643) for A category ticket, 525 Euro (Rs 47,832.99) for B category ticket, 295 Euro (Rs 26382) for C category, and 125 Euros will be paid for D (11178) category ticket. However, at this ticket price, you will also get to see the events of the Heptathlon, Final, Women's - 400-meter hurdles, Women's long jump, Men's 200-meter, and Women's 110-meter hurdles.
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