Only VIPs will be allowed to consume alcohol during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, organizers announced Tuesday.

The so-called Evin rule prohibits the sale of alcohol in stadiums, but have some loopholes.

“In application of the Evin law, alcohol will be banned from sale to the general public in stadiums during the Paris 2024 Games,” organisers of Paris 2024 told AFP.

The Evin law, passed in 1991, prohibits the sale of alcohol within sporting venues, however it has some exceptions.

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Organisers are permitted by law to ask for a maximum of ten exemptions per year and each municipality.

The Paris 2024 organizing committee, however, stated that due to the organization of “more than 700 sporting sessions over 15 days of competition,” it did not request any such exemption.

However, the law will include an exception for VIPs who are seated in hospitality boxes that also serve meals at Paris 2024.

“It is not up to Paris 2024 to comment on this difference, but to the legislator, in the last resort, to define the relevant framework for event organisers,” the organising committee said.

Alcohol was available at the 2012 London Olympics and four years later in Rio, but the Covid-delayed Tokyo Games also banned it, albeit with no fans in the stadiums.