The president of the Paris Olympics organizing committee (Cojo), Tony Estanguet, assured Wednesday during a press conference that the organizing committee was “on time” eighteen months before the event. , while the Court of Auditors recently pointed to delays in signing contracts. “Sometimes it can take a little time to come to an agreement, explained Tony Estanguet. There’s no rush, we’re on time. »
In a report submitted in January, and presented to Parliament, the Court of Auditors had reported delays in the signing of contracts by the Cojo, evoking “an operational risk and a financial risk”. “We ‘challenged’ the model on a case-by-case basis,” said Estanguet. “To date, 90% of these perimeters are already secure”, he added, anxious to “reassure” after the report of the Court of Auditors.
In his priorities, he pointed in number one to “the resources dimension”, both “human” and “financial”, while the objective of partnership resources was raised in December to 1.226 billion euros. The Cojo expects to have collected 92% of this objective by the end of 2023. On this subject, while still missing a major sponsor which could be LVMH, “we are very calm”, assured Tony Estanguet.
On the ticket office, “we have exceeded 2.5 million registered” in the draw for the first phase of ticketing, which leads to the allocation of future purchase slots. On this first phase of sales by pack, three million tickets will be put on sale. Another sales session will take place in May for single tickets.
The Cojo will set up a partnership with the Secours Populaire where each buyer will be able to put an extra two euros to finance solidarity tickets for families who cannot afford them. Asked about the use of cameras equipped with algorithms to detect crowd movements, which will be permitted by the Olympic law under discussion in Parliament, Tony Estanguet said he “trusts the State on this subject”.