The 2024 Paris Olympics promise to be a spectacular event set against the backdrop of the city鈥檚 iconic landmarks. Whether it鈥檚 the Equestrian events held at the gardens of Ch芒teau de Versailles, the beach volleyball stadium set up at the feet of the Eiffel Tower or the freshly-added urban sports (3x3 basketball, BMX, breaking and skateboarding) hosted at a temporary venue on Place de la Concorde 鈥 live spectators will get to enjoy the beauty of Paris on full display. That is if they were lucky enough to get tickets and/or afford them.
While the organizers of the Paris Olympics have set out to make them the 鈥淧eople鈥檚 Games鈥, the availability of affordable tickets has been a topic of discussion in the run-up to the games. While cheap 鈧24 tickets have been available for every sport, those were limited to the early stages of competition in many cases and fans had to spend many times that to come anywhere near a medal ceremony at most events.
As our chart shows, there is a huge gulf in for the Olympics, with the most expensive tickets for the finals in Athletics, Swimming and Basketball priced at 鈧980, which is more than 40 times the price of the cheapest tickets available for each sport. At the other end of the scale, some events top out at 鈧24, which mostly applies to outdoor events that can also be watched for free along public roads, along the Seine, or 鈥 if you happen to be in Tahiti 鈥 at the famous Teahupo鈥檕 wave.
While the eyewatering prices of some events have drawn criticism, it鈥檚 important to note that these expensive tickets make the very low starting price of tickets possible. , one million tickets were priced at 鈧24, while almost half of the 10 million available tickets were priced at 鈧50 or less.
