Frenchman Calls for Refund for Disappointing Seine River Opening Ceremony at Paris 2024 Olympics

In accordance with the French day by day Le Figaro on the twenty second (native time), a person from Brittany purchased a spectator seat close to the Musée d’Orsay for 1,600 euros (about 2.38 million received) to look at the opening ceremony of the River Seine held on the twenty sixth of final month.

This man thought it was value spending some huge cash on because it was the primary opening ceremony to be held outdoor reasonably than in a stadium, particularly on the River Seine, however ultimately he claimed that It was a ‘enormous fraud’.

He stated, “I noticed no performances from my seat,” and “all I noticed have been ships with out lights and decorations passing vaguely within the distance.”

He added, “For 4 hours within the rain, I stared on the display screen within the viewers throughout from me.”

On the day of the particular opening ceremony, a video of the wet Seine River, an enormous display screen, and the individual’s umbrella in entrance of it was posted on social media (SNS) together with criticism that it was an ‘opening ceremony that did not try this. dwell on top of things.’ It’s stated that fairly just a few spectators left throughout the opening ceremony.

There was even a joke that the ‘winner’ of the day was the one who watched the opening ceremony on tv from the consolation of their very own house.

The quantity of people that purchased paid tickets to see the Seine River opening ceremony in individual reached 104,000. Ticket costs ranged from 90 to three,000 euros (about 130,000 to 4.47 million received).

Le Figaro identified, nevertheless, that it was unlikely the person would get a refund for his ticket.

Digital Information Group Reporter Yuna Lee

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