2024 Olympic Organizers Make 400,000 Extra Tickets Available for Sale

Olympic organizers will release 400,000 extra tickets for next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Paris starting Thursday morning.

Organizers said the sale will start at 10 a.m. Paris time on the official ticketing website, with seats available for all sports except surfing, in all price categories. Tickets will be sold on a first come-first serve basis, without a lottery.

Most of the tickets are for Olympic sporting events, organizers said, adding tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies are also available. Also among the extra tickets available are 6,000 new tickets for swimming and 24,000 new tickets for tennis at Roland Garros. Organizers will make 30,000 new tickets for track and field available this week, including an August 3 session that includes the women’s 100-meter final, plus 37,000 tickets for basketball and 30,000 new tickets for soccer at at the Parc des Princes in Paris.

A third of the tickets in the new allotment will be sold under 50 euros ($55). The most expensive Olympic tickets are 2,700 euros ($2,900) for the opening ceremony. The cheapest tickets are 24 euros ($26).

Organizers have already sold 7.2 million tickets out of 10 million available for the Olympics, with further tickets to be released next year.

The sales for the Paralympics have not been revealed. Organizers aim to sell 2.8 million of those.

The 2024 Olympic Summer Games run from July 26 through August 11 and feature 32 sports and 48 disciplines across 37 sites. The Paralympics will take place from August 28 through September 8.