The 2024 Paris Olympics will break with custom and maintain the opening ceremony alongside the River Seine, with crowds of greater than 600,000 anticipated.
Greater than 160 boats with athletes and officers from greater than 200 nations will journey virtually 6km between Pont d’Austerlitz and Pont d’Iena bridges.
Will probably be the primary ceremony held outdoors of a stadium at a summer season Video games.
Organisers mentioned it could be “probably the most spectacular and accessible ceremony in Olympic historical past”.
The 2024 Olympics takes place from 26 July to 11 August.
“The Video games is a singular, once-in-a lifetime expertise,” mentioned Tony Estanguet, head of the organising committee.
“We wish folks to really feel it. [The boats] will go alongside the enduring landmarks of Paris – Notre Dame, the Orsay and Louvre museums, the Pont Neuf [Paris’s oldest bridge], the Pont Alexandre III, the Grand Palais, the Eiffel Tower.
“Will probably be the primary time folks have free entry to the opening ceremony, and never simply in a stadium. It can even be a well-liked occasion.”
The decrease a part of the river financial institution can be ticketed, with free entry to the higher elements, whereas 80 big screens can be put in alongside the route.
The closing ceremony is ready to be held on the gardens and fountains of the Trocadero, overlooking the Eiffel Tower.
