If you were planning to have a glass of wine or a beer sitting in the stands of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, you will absolutely need a VIP seat. Indeed, the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (Cojo) has decided not to offer any alcoholic beverages in its catering offer intended for the general public. And this, regardless of the competition site, reports Le Parisien.
To justify this choice, fully assumed, the committee explains, without dwelling on it, to apply the Évin law. This text, which came into force in 1992, prohibits the advertising and sale of alcoholic beverages in certain places, such as establishments for physical and sports activities.
Alcohol will not, however, be totally absent from the Olympic Games. Indeed, VIPs will not be affected by this measure, as during French sporting events. Several packages are thus offered, such as the one “including champagne on the arrival of guests and service at the bar with wine, beers”. On the other hand, it will be necessary to break the piggy bank to access it: the service costs 4,900 euros excluding taxes per person to attend the final of the men’s 100m, on August 4.
In previous editions, beer was allowed. In London in 2012, organizers offered Heineken; as for Rio, in 2016, it was the Skol that was sold.
