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Paris Paralympic ticket sales get Olympic boost, but still lagging

A volleyball match at the stadium under the Eiffel tower during the Olympics, 4 August 2024. Events here and at other iconic venues have sold out for the Paralympics, which have had trouble selling tickets. © Robert F Bukaty/AP

With less than a fortnight to go before the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Paris, just over half of the tickets have been sold. Organisers are hoping a sales boost that followed the start of the Olympics will continue.

Five times more Paralympic ticket were sold after the Olympic games than before, Tony Estanguet, president of the committee organising the Paris Olympics and Paralympics told France Inter, echoing what other organisers have been saying in the past days, welcoming the boost from disappointing sales this spring.

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