Chairman of the Paris organising committee Tony Estanguet said he understood some people were frustrated.
PARIS – The head of the Paris Olympics organising committee defended the ticketing system for the 2024 Games, calling the first phase of sales a “success” on Thursday despite complaints about high prices.
Around 3.25 million tickets have been sold over the last month, around a third of the total, but the release has been overshadowed by criticism of the costs.
“It’s been a success this first phase, even if we understand the criticism and the frustration of some people who were not satisfied,” Tony Estanguet told reporters almost 500 days from the start of the Games.
He defended the strategy of offering a limited number of…
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