Paris 2024: Will the Olympics boost the French economy?

Issued on: 01/05/2024 - 16:52

By: Farah BOUCHERAK | Jade LÉVIN | Charles PELLEGRIN Follow

With less than 100 days to go until the Paris 2024 Olympics, we’re looking into whether or not they will be a healthy investment for Paris and France as a whole. Will the Games boost the French economy? Or will the costs outweigh the benefits? FRANCE 24's Charles Pellegrin discusses this and more with Christophe Lepetit from the Centre de Droit et d'Economie du Sport, a French research institute specialised in the economics of sport.

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