There are countless Paris ticket brokers.

Coming to Paris, if you are unlucky enough to not be able to buy tickets to the EURO 2016 opening ceremony, don't worry too much, because there are countless ticket brokers at Stade de France.

About 6 hours before the opening ceremony of the 15th European football festival in history took place, the squares around the Stade de France were filled with football-loving tourists, fans of the two teams France and Romania, the first match of the tournament; and of course, among them were quite a few ticket "brokers".

Ticket brokers appeared very early at Stade de France to observe and monitor the demand of tourists and fans. (Photo: Ngoc Duy).

Just be a tourist and walk back and forth about 10m in this area, you will be enthusiastically invited by a ticket broker, with the first sentence "You want a ticket?" (You want a ticket?). This is followed by a series of mixed languages ​​​​in English and French, probably promoting the grand opening ceremony at Stade de France, along with the opening match between France and Romania, which promises to be very attractive.

It would be fine if you didn’t need it and said thank you and walked away, the ticket brokers here would happily say goodbye and even politely say “Have a nice day”. However, as soon as you step into the “area” of another ticket broker, things will start to get messy and noisy.

A ticket scalper in Romanian fan uniform. (Photo: Ngoc Duy).

First, the first broker will stick to you and constantly justify “this is the cheapest price here” and ask “why don’t you just buy it for convenience”. Of course, to sell the ticket, the second broker will also react strongly with flowery advertisements, also in a language that is a mixture of English and French, like “this is the cheapest ticket selling point in Paris”.

This ticket broker also sells flags of the French and Romanian teams. (Photo: Ngoc Duy).

And just like that, tourists or fans will have about 1-2 “tails” always following them for kilometers, to invite them to buy tickets and “mark their territory” as if to notify other “brokers” that they are their customers. When the police or security forces start to pay attention, they “hide” very quickly and return just as quickly when they feel “safe”.

A successful deal. (Photo: Ngoc Duy).

It is worth noting that the ticket brokers or “ticket touts” at Stade de France seem to be more civilized and colorful. They proactively choose to disguise themselves as either French fans or Romanian fans. There are also ticket touts who quietly and quietly “work underground” under the guise of tourists, casually walking around the squares surrounding Stade de France.

A "gang member" was "caught" by the police. (Photo: Ngoc Duy).

As for the fear of terrorism in Paris or at the opening ceremony of EURO 2016, it is not a problem, because the ticket brokers only need to sell tickets.

According to VOV