Paris 2024 Olympics: Which previous summer Olympics had the cheapest tickets?

The Paris 2024 Olympic Video games have been hailed by the French authorities as inexpensive and accessible to most of the people.

The primary spherical of ticket gross sales launched on February 13 and solely individuals drawn from a lottery can purchase tickets for the second. However for the fortunate few, the fact has been fairly completely different to what the federal government had promised.

Many social media customers took to Twitter to precise their anger and disappointment particularly in terms of the pricing of the tickets. 

One Twitter consumer stated “Stadium tickets are €90 for the most affordable (solely heats occasions) or €170/385 for one ticket to a night session. I paid £60 for my London 2012 tickets. I’m an enormous athletics fan however that is unreasonable."

Going through a barrage of criticism, the president of the Organising Committee, Tony Estanguet informed French radio RTL that the Paris Olympics are usually not costlier than the London 2012 Video games.

Is that this true? And the way do the costs for the Paris video games examine to the newest Olympics in Tokyo, Rio and London?

When an London Meeting Report concerning the 2012 Olympics, it states that just about 2.5 million tickets had been offered beneath £20. 

We took the common change price in 2012 and which comes out to roughly €25 again then. That’s barely costlier than Paris which is able to solely have 1 million tickets at €24 obtainable.

The 2016 Rio Olympics promised 3.8 million tickets at lower than what was €18 again in 2016.

On the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the most affordable tickets value roughly €21.

Ultimately, the costs of Paris are fairly just like the earlier Olympics Video games, apart from Rio, which is the most affordable. 

Inflation price and a distinct value of residing

However these calculations do have a restrict. Initially, we should contemplate the inflation price. The euro didn’t have the identical worth because it did again in 2012.

Secondly, it’s essential to bear in mind the value distinction varies between international locations as a result of a majority of tickets are reserved for the native inhabitants. 

Based on the World Financial institution, the common annual wage in Brazil was roughly €5,500 a 12 months, whereas €30,000  in France and Japan in 2020. 

For the 2024 Paris Video games, there shall be a second section of ticket gross sales on Could 11. Registration opens on March 15.