Olympics-Paris 2024 ticket buyers asked to help others attend Games

FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Official mascots of Paris 2024 Olympics unveiled - Olympic Committee Head Quarters, Saint-Denis, France - November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - Organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympics are asking ticket buyers to donate two euros per purchase to help people who cannot afford it to attend the next Summer Games.

"It's the same principle as the 'pending coffee'," said French entrepreneur and Paris 2024 board member Alexandre Mars.