an important announcement unveiled at Espace Mayenne this Wednesday
Former Olympic Judo champion Thierry Rey in Mayenne settled in Mayenne on Wednesday. The gold medalist at the Moscow Olympics in 1980, and special adviser for the 2024 Games visited the Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne Dojo and the Évron weightlifting club. Two sites which are “Games Preparation Centers”.
The ticket office open to communities
In the morning, the Paris 2024 delegation made an unprecedented announcement at Espace Mayenne in Laval. For the first time in the long history of the Olympic Games, the ticket office will be open to local authorities, federations, Departmental Olympic Committees and partner companies. Before, the ticket office was nominative. “It’s a real breakthrough in the game model. Before, the ticket office was reserved for individuals. The objective is to say that there are players who want to set up a ticketing and hospitality strategy. There will be both an individual ticket office for the general public which will be open from winter 2022, but there will also be work that will be done at community level. They could bring schools, city council members, sports players“explains Raphaël Leclerc, head of territorial mobilization on the organizing committee for the 2024 Olympics.
Places under 50€
Prices for sporting events are intended to be attractive. “50% of Paris 2024 tickets are less than €50, so it still gives an indication for local authorities who want to prepare the budgetary elements” continues Raphaël Leclerc. This novelty in the history of the Olympic Games has been the subject of long negotiations with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) because it is a new economic model. In Mayenne, seven sites in total will host international teams for their training during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. 83 communities have signed up to the “Terre de Jeux 2024” label.