Paris 2024 Olympic Games: credit, date, security… everything you need to know about invitations to the opening ceremony

“Folk Ceremony” The government and stakeholders want to keep this issue open, even if we now know that the 220,000 free seats on high platforms will not be allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis, but by invitation. The co-organizers – the state, the city of Paris and Paris 2024 – will manage more than 35,000 tickets, the communities of Seine-Saint-Denis – 28,000 each. Other communities and institutions (in particular the Ile-de-France region, the rest will be shared by the Ile-de-prefecture -France, host cities, the Greater Paris metropolis or even some departments.

A total of 170 institutional partners are concerned about this distribution, those affected, for example, by the holding of races or those affected by the Seine-et-Marne bathing plan added to the system.

If there were tensions during the initial discussions, it is now clear that 3 types of public will be prioritized: the people who run the Games (agents, staff, elected officials, community volunteers and structures involved in the organization, preparation, mobilization around the Games ); persons affected by the Games (economic entities, residents of Olympic venues); and young people.

“The state will invite civil servants who are mobilized to participate in the Games, young beneficiaries of government policies and people who are affected by it, such as students who are forced to leave their rooms to public agents,” people close to the sports minister tell us. Olympic and Paralympic Games.

“We’re going to invite people who probably wouldn’t have access to this ceremony.”

Institutional partners are responsible for compiling guest lists. Reservations will open on May 27 and will last until June 9. Ceremony ticket holders will receive an email with a personal code that can only be used once and will be automatically redeemed on May 27th. The beneficiary can then enter their unique code on the booking site, provide their information and the information of their accompanying persons (up to 3).

This is when Paris 2024 will send an email to guests in mid-July confirming the provision of entry tickets, which will be available on the official Paris 2024 Tickets app (same as competition tickets). . For security reasons, the rules during the ceremony will be extremely strict. Therefore, it will not be possible to transfer your invitations. The beneficiary and his three accompanying persons must simultaneously go through access control, with all tickets appearing on one mobile phone. Everyone must also have identification. Finally, tickets will be tied to a specific zone and it will be impossible to walk along 6 km of the Seine. “This formula of inviting trusted third parties is best able to respond to the dual challenge of organizing the safest possible show while maintaining a popular ceremony,” we believe in the office of Amelie Oudea-Custer. We’re going to invite people who probably wouldn’t have access to this ceremony, so we’re going further with our original ambitions. »