The organizers of the Olympic Games in Paris announced today that they have broken the record for the number of tickets sold or awarded in the history of the Olympics.
They stated that 9,7 million tickets were sold or allocated for this year's OI, of which 8,7 million were sold and XNUMX million were allocated, but they also stated that tickets are still on sale.
A total of 10 million tickets for the Olympic Games were put on sale.
The previous record for the number of tickets sold was held by Atlanta in 1996, when 8,3 million tickets were sold.
Starting in April, about a million free tickets were distributed to local young people, amateur athletes, people with disabilities... This was done after criticism that the tickets were too expensive and not accessible to everyone.
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