“The price of tickets is too high. When you set the price of tickets at 26 euros and up to 33 euros, Marseille families don’t have the money for that,” observed Sébastien Jibrayel, Tuesday on France Bleu Provence.
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“Rather than having an empty stadium, reduce the price of tickets to 5 euros”asks Sébastien Jibrayel, deputy for Sports in Marseille, to the organizers of the Paris 2024 Games, on France Bleu Provence Tuesday July 30.
Apart from the French national team’s football matches, the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille attracts few people. “Today, there is a craze, thousands of people meet at the 2024 club or on the corniche, the French team’s matches are sold out”describes Sébastien Jibrayel. On the other hand, for the other matches“only 9,000 people turned up”. “The price of tickets is too high. When you put the price of tickets at 26 euros and up to 33 euros, Marseille families don’t have the wallet for that”regrets the elected official.
“As an elected sports representative, I am not satisfied with seeing an empty stadium in a sports city like Marseille. This is why I propose reducing the price of tickets at the Vélodrome stadium.”continues Sébastien Jibrayel. He therefore asks Paris 2024 “to reduce the price of tickets for matches played at the Stade Vélodrome” For “allow” to Marseille families “to come and join the party”. “This is a historic moment that we are living through”he adds.
The organizers of the Games, “for the moment, think about this proposal which is commendable”, assures the deputy for Sports. He hopes that “People from Marseille will enter the stadium for the first time if we reduce the price of tickets”. “People want to take part in the celebrations. It’s a historic moment in Marseille, and I want us to experience it fully,” he concludes.