Get ready for the Paris 2024 Olympics with our comprehensive guide, covering everything from ticket purchases to accommodation and planning to visit Paris for the Summer Olympics 2024. Here’s everything you need to know about Paris Olympics 2024 tickets, hospitality, and transportation.
The 33rd Summer Olympic Games will be held in Paris in 2024. It is expected to be a spectacular event, with a lot happening. To help you make the most of it, here is a handy guide that provides all the essential information you need to know about the Paris Olympics 2024.
When are the Paris 2024 Olympics?
The Paris Summer Olympics will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024, followed by the Paralympic Games from August 28 to September 6.
How many times has Paris hosted the Olympics?
Paris will be hosting the Olympics for the third time in 2024. The first time Paris hosted the Olympics was back in 1900, and the second time was in 1924. Paris became the first city to host two separate Olympics in 1924. Therefore, the 2024 Games will coincide with the 100th anniversary of Paris hosting the Olympics for the second time.
Paris Olympics 2024 tickets:
The official ballots for Paris 2024 tickets have already been held. But don’t worry if you didn’t register or weren’t successful in getting a ticket, as there will be more opportunities to buy tickets. According to the official Paris 2024 ticketing website, tickets for sessions will be regularly put on sale. The maximum number of tickets available per person will depend on the sport, with either four or six tickets being the limit.
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Keep checking the Paris 2024 Olympic ticketing site to see what’s available.
Hospitality Packages during the Paris 2024 Olympics
Choose your hospitality experiences and take your Paris 2024 trip to the next level!
Use your Visa, the official way to pay.
Risk of Fraud in Olympics Tickets
It is important to note that buying tickets or hospitality packages from sources other than the official channels may result in the buyer not receiving their tickets or packages, or having them canceled by the Paris 2024 organizing committee by the terms and conditions. Additionally, it is important to know that selling or reselling tickets outside the official channels is considered an offense under French law.
What is the difference between tickets and hospitality packages?
Tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are sold exclusively on the official ticketing website and allow fans to attend one or multiple events.
Hospitality offers standard or customized packages that include guaranteed tickets, access to on-site hospitality venues, as well as travel, accommodation, or other activities. These packages are exclusively available through On Location and its sub-distributors network.
Best Transport for Paris Olympics 2024
Paris’ metro system, with its 16 lines and over 300 stations, will be the most efficient way to travel during the Games.
Single metro tickets are currently priced at €2.10 each. However, it has been announced that the tickets will almost double in price during the games. To save some money, you can buy a rechargeable Navigo pass that comes preloaded with journeys. Currently, ten journeys are priced at €22, but during the Games, they will cost €32. The Navigo pass can also be used on some train, bus, and tram lines.
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Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony
After a global pandemic and with at least three ongoing wars, the organizers of Friday’s opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games hope to provide relief, positivity,, and perhaps even some unity in a world increasingly beset with tension.
This will be the most ambitious celebration in the 128-year history of the modern Olympiad. Instead of parading inside a stadium, approximately 10,500 athletes will sail in a 3.5-mile flotilla of 94 boats down Paris’ iconic Seine River. It marks the return of spectators to the summer sporting festival for the first time in eight years, following the challenges of the coronavirus-plagued days of Tokyo in 2021.
Facts about the Opening Ceremony
- For the first time, the opening ceremony will not take place in a stadium . Instead, athletes will arrive via boat and cruise down the Seine River.
- France has heightened its security, with approximately 40,000 police and military personnel deployed for the Games.
- More than 10,500 athletes from 200 national teams are competing across 329 events held over 19 days.
How to watch the Opening Ceremony
The Opening Ceremony for the Paris Summer Games will begin at 7:30 p.m. local time (1:30 p.m. ET) on Friday, July 26, as the first boats depart from the Austerlitz Bridge.
It will be available to view in the US on NBC and on will also be streaming on Peacock.
