The Organizing Committee of the Paris Olympic Games, which will be held in the summer of 2024, announced plans to hold the opening ceremony on the Seine River, which runs through the center of Paris, and to march the athletes on board.
It is the first time that the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games will be held outside the stadium.
The Paris Olympics are scheduled to be held from July to August 2024, three years later, and will be held in Paris for the third time in 100 years.
The Organizing Committee of the Games met on the 13th to approve the plan for the opening ceremony.
According to the plans announced, the opening ceremony will be held at the Seine River, which runs through the center of Paris, and the athletes will board about 160 boats on the entrance march, 6 km from the Pont d'Austerlitz upstream to the Pont d'Iéna near the Eiffel Tower. Go down the section.
The riverside is dotted with historic attractions such as the Louvre Museum and Notre Dame Cathedral under restoration, and the Organizing Committee said, "The river and bridge, and the historic sites that symbolize Paris, give a once-in-a-lifetime spectacular background. , You can see the best Paris in the world. "
In addition, at least 600,000 people will be able to see the opening ceremony directly by setting up paid spectator seats near everyone on the riverbank and on the bridge so that they can see it for free in other places.
Estange, chairman of the Organizing Committee, said that it was the first time that the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games was held outside the stadium. I want to continue to send things to the world. "