Paris 2024 Olympic Games. French basketball team: expensive but sold places with Wembanyama as superstar, controversy surrounding preparation matches

Paris 2024 Olympic Games. French basketball team: expensive but sold places with Wembanyama as superstar, controversy surrounding preparation matches

L’équipe de France et Victor Wembanyama font vibrer la foule au vu de la demande. MAXPPP – Josselin CLAIR

Mis en vente ces derniers jours, les billets des matches de préparation de l’équipe de France de basket-ball font face à un gros succès, notamment pour voir les actions de Wembanyama. De quoi susciter la crispation de certains supporters.

Tickets at high prices and which sell out quickly. For the preparation matches of the French basketball team for the Paris Olympic Games, ticket sales are attracting a large audience.

To see the first steps in France of the UFO Victor Wembanyama since his departure for the NBA, and perhaps one of the only appearances on French territory for a long time, some fans of the ball orange spend without counting.

However, many Internet users complain about the price of seats, which are not affordable for small budgets. The top prizes sell for between 30 and 80 euros depending on the venue and the opposing team, but most tickets cost "small prices" have already left.

For the Sud de France Arena for the match against the German world champion on July 8, the first prices were set at 30, 60 or 80 euros. But the places are gone like hotcakes and they are no longer left at the first two prices mentioned.

"Let the true basketball lovers go"

For the other preparation matches for the Blues, the situation is perhaps even worse. Concerning the two matches in Orléans, on July 19 against Canada and against Australia on July 21, you would have to spend 120 euros to have the chance to see Victor Wembanyama and his teammates on the floor of the CO’MET Arena.

While at Lyon-Décines, to attend Tony Parker's retired number as well as the match between the two French teams (female and male), there are only places left three digits.

Enough to disconcert some Blues supporters who cannot pay this price. On ~

For comparison, for the basketball matches at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the ticket prices on sale last summer were between 24 euros and 320 euros. nbsp;euros for a quarter-final, according to Ouest France.

While for the other event of the summer, the Euro football, to see the group stages, the places were sold on a platform with & nbsp;prices ranging from 30 to 200 euros.

The Victor Wembanyama effect shakes up everything, even prices.

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