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Many Parisians call hosting 2024 Olympics 'bad idea' -- poll [1]

["Connor O'Halloran", 'Jamison Hensley']

Date: 2025-08

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Almost one in two Parisians believe hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics is a "bad thing," with transport and security their biggest concerns, according to a poll eight months before the event.

Some 44% of Paris region residents expressed a negative opinion, while 65% of French residents said having the Olympics in Paris from July 26-Aug. 11 was a "good thing," the Odoxa poll for Winamax and RTL showed.

Some 1,207 Paris region residents and 1,005 French residents were polled.

Two years ago, only 22% of Parisians had a negative opinion of the Paris Olympics, while more than half of them are now considering leaving the region for the duration of the event.

By contrast, 64% of Parisians are confident that the opening ceremony on the Seine river will be a success.

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[1] Url: https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/38895429/many-parisians-call-hosting-2024-olympics-bad-idea-poll

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