PARIS (AP) — Hosting the 2024 Paris Olympics generated only moderate revenues for France, with an almost negligible impact on growth, while total public expenditure exceeded six billion euros ($7 billion), the country’s court of auditors reported on Monday.

Public spending linked to the Olympics organization included €3.02 billion for the event organization, and €3.63 billion for infrastructure investment, some €690 million more than the auditors’ initial estimate published in June.

The Paris Games also generated public revenues from taxes and commercial activities, estimated at €293.6 million. According to the Cour des Comptes report released ahead of the 2030 Winter Olympics — also awarded to France — the organizing committee of the Paris Games, funded mainly through private resources,

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