This summer's Games will kick-off with the first opening ceremony outside of a closed stadium
This summer's Games will kick-off with the first opening ceremony outside of a closed stadiumThe formal start is Friday’s opening ceremony, which will be the first to take place outside a closed stadium.The Paris 2024 opening ceremony will take place along a 6km stretch of the River Seine, rather than in a stadium as expected.A fleet of 160 boats, 94 of them carrying athletes, will begin at Austerlitz Bridge and finish at Trocadero, outside the Eiffel Tower.
More than 10,000 athletes representing 206 countries will participate on a river tour of Parisian landmarks, including Notre Dame cathedral and Pont Neuf. The ceremony will also include French president Emmanuel Macron officially opening the Games and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron with the Greece will be the first nation introduced during the ceremony, followed by the Refugee Olympic Team.Much of the ceremony has been kept a secret, with 326,000 tickets sold to those who will line the Seine to watch.“Illustrate the richness and plurality shaped by its history, which has been influenced and inspired by the diverse cultures that have passed through it, while itself serving as a source of inspiration.”The opening ceremony for Paris 2024 will start at 6.30pm BST on Friday 26 July.
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