The budget for the Paris Olympics organizing committee is set to total 4.5bn euros ($4.7bn), boosted by the success of ticket sales, organizers said Wednesday.
At the end of December 2024, the calculated total will hit 4.481bn euros, compared with 4.397bn euros at the end of 2023.
At the outset, it was 3.8bn euros, higher than the 3.2bn euros entered in the bid documents when the French capital won the right to host the Games in 2017.
After making the final calculations, the local organizing committee's revenue exceeded expenditure by 26.8m euros.
"It's extremely satisfying to be able to present these figures, as they are positive," said Paris 2024 chief organizer Tony Estanguet, during a press briefing ahead of a board meeting Thursday.
Estanguet plans to "complete his mission" as president if the accounts are approved.
The local organizing committee's budget is financed by ticket sales, sponsors and funds from the International Olympic Committee.
Sponsors accounted for 1.238bn euros and the IOC contributed 1.228bn euros.
Ticket sales were higher than expected at 1.333bn euros due to the "success of the event".
Over 12m tickets were sold.
The highest increase in the budget came in December 2022, when it rose by 400m euros, more than 10%, mainly due to inflation.
Billions of euros of public money have also gone into the Solideo infrastructure group that built the Olympic village north of the French capital and other facilities.
With infrastructure, the bill is close to 9bn euros, two billion more than the 2019 estimate.
The French government has not yet revealed the entire bill for the latest public costs, including bonuses granted to police officers.
Last month France's general budget rapporteur, Charles de Courson, estimated that 1.9bn euros had not been budgeted for.
