Paris 2024: More than two million Paralympics tickets sold

Following the record-breaking success of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (9.535 million tickets sold), spectators are looking forward to the ‘Return Match’ of the Paralympic Games. Starting this Wednesday 28 August with an Opening Ceremony in the heart of the city, the amazing atmosphere, dramatic sporting competition, and exceptional athletes of the Paris 2024 Games continues.  

To date, over two million tickets have already been sold for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, including 1 million in just one month! For spectators attending the Games, they will have the opportunity to continue the Paris 2024 party that started with the Olympics. It is another opportunity to discover the unique atmosphere of the iconic Games' competition venues, through the 22 Para sports on the programme.  

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The Paris Games will be a new experience for the majority of ticket buyers of the Paralympics: 

• 52 per cent of ticket holders will encounter Paris 2024 for the first time at the Paralympic Games  

• 48 per cent of ticket holders for the Paralympic Games already purchased tickets for the Olympic Games.  

Popular enthusiasm for the Paralympic Games  

With around twenty sports already having sold at least 75 per cent of their general public tickets, including eleven with at least 90 per cent of general public tickets sold (blind football, wheelchair fencing, Para track cycling, Para equestrian, Para taekwondo, Para archery, Para triathlon, Para rowing, Para badminton, Para canoeing, and wheelchair rugby), the excitement surrounding these Paralympic Games is growing.  

This is particularly true of spectators in France and the Paris region, who will be out in force to witness the exploits of the Para athletes over the 10 days of competition having purchased over 90 per cent of the tickets. 

The ticket buyers in detail: 

• 92 per cent of buyers live in France  
   
• 8 per cent of buyers are international, including: 
   
• United Kingdom: 28 per cent  
   
• Germany: 14 per cent
   
• United States: 10 per cent
   
• 144 countries represented among Paralympics ticket buyers  

All ticketing offers can be found on the official Paris 2024 ticketing website.

Paris 2024 invites the public to consult the ticketing platform regularly: new tickets may be released right up to the day of the sessions, i.e. until 8 September.  

Hospitality for the first time 

At the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games on 28 August, Paris 2024‘s official hospitality provider, On Location, is offering ceremony guests a privileged outdoor experience in the Jardin des Tuileries before they go to the grandstand to watch the athletes’ parade and the show directed by Alexander Ekman.

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On the occasion of this exclusive garden party, On Location will unveil the exhibition ‘When arts meet athletes’ designed in association with the IPC and Paris 2024. In the garden of the Jeu de Paume, in the immediate vicinity of the Place de la Concorde ceremony, hospitality customers will have access to this unique exhibition, which will contrast images of the sporting gestures of Paralympic athletes with some of the finest works of art in the Louvre.  

For the competitions, customers can choose between two types of hospitality packages (tickets included), designed to suit their wishes and budget: a ‘Lounge’ package with guaranteed areas at the heart of the sporting action, and a ‘Fan Kit’ package.

Hospitality packages are available for 8 Para sports (Para athletics, wheelchair basketball, blind football, Para track cycling, Para judo, Para swimming, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair tennis) as well as for the two ceremonies. These offers allow customers to be immersed in the passion and emotion generated by the exploits of the Paralympic athletes at the iconic competition venues.