FILE - France's Arnaud Assoumani competes in the men's T47 long jump final during the 2020 Paralympics at the ºÃÉ«tv Stadium in Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. The 100 Days to Go campaign for the Aug 28-Sept. 8 Paralympic Games begins on Monday, May 20, 2024, and features three Paralympic athletes alone in an empty stadium with the slogan: “Il ne me manque rien, sauf vous†(I’m not missing anything, except you). (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
FILE - France's Arnaud Assoumani competes in the men's T47 long jump final during the 2020 Paralympics at the ºÃÉ«tv Stadium in Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. The 100 Days to Go campaign for the Aug 28-Sept. 8 Paralympic Games begins on Monday, May 20, 2024, and features three Paralympic athletes alone in an empty stadium with the slogan: “Il ne me manque rien, sauf vous†(I’m not missing anything, except you). (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
PARIS (AP) — With 100 days until the Paralympics begin, Paris organizers are delivering a message from the athletes in a bid to boost ticket sales: I am not missing anything, except you.
The countdown campaign for the Aug 28-Sept. 8 Paralympic Games begins Monday. It features three Paralympic athletes, each of them alone in an empty stadium. The campaign slogan — “Il ne me manque rien, sauf vous†(I’m not missing anything, except you) — is a rallying call to get people to come along and watch them competing.
A total of 4,400 athletes will take part in the Paralympics. from 15 euros ($16) for track and field sessions at Stade de France, wheelchair tennis at Roland Garros, or blind soccer at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. The finals cost from 25 ($27) euros and it's 45 euros ($49) to watch the closing ceremony.
Ticket sales could escalate once posters start appearing around Paris, with organizers aiming to raise awareness and increase fan engagement and solidarity.
There will be 651 posters dotted around the city, 972 on the subway and a further 2,520 on the sides of buses.
On Tuesday, four Paralympic athletes will walk up the famed steps at the Cannes Film Festival along with Paris 2024 Olympic head Tony Estanguet.
Of the tickets sold so far, organizers said 300,000 have been bought by the state and 150,000 by the International Olympic Committee and ºÃÉ«tv Paralympic Committee.
