Scaled-back opening ceremony for Paris Olympics to offer 326,000 tickets

A total of 326,000 tickets are set to be sold or given away for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on the River Seine, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Tuesday, giving the exact number for the first time. Security fears have seen the size of the waterborne parade dramatically reduced. "We will have 104,000 spectators on the lower bank who have paid for a ticket," Darmanin told a hearing in the Sénat."Then you have 222,000 people on the higher banks (with free tickets)."Darmanin est