Three years before being the host city, Paris already has its eyes on the Olympic Games.
A fan zone was inaugurated on Friday July 23 at the Trocadéro.
Visitors can follow the events on a giant screen and try out certain disciplines.
The Olympics-2024 "will do us good"
The PS mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, was present at the inauguration.
She estimated that the 2024 Olympics, which "the French support overwhelmingly", "will do us good".
"Now, we are going to enter a phase where, finally, the French will be able to appropriate the Games more directly, more concretely", she declared to the press on this site offering various activities, open since July 17 until September 13.
"I think the French, the vast majority of them today support the Games and know how much the Games will do us good, especially after this pandemic", added the city councilor, while the ceremony was taking place. opening of the Tokyo Olympics, for which the public will not be able to visit sports venues.
The inauguration of the fan-zone in photos
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