French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Wednesday that some 300,000 spectators will be able to attend the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics, about half the size of what was originally planned. (More Sports News)
The biggest sports event of the year, the Paris Olympics is set to begin on July 26, 2024, however, for some reason, France has downsized the spectators' size to half for the opening ceremony
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Wednesday that some 300,000 spectators will be able to attend the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics, about half the size of what was originally planned. (More Sports News)
The giant show on the River Seine on ♍July 26 wil🅺l mark the first time that an opening ceremony is held outside of a usual stadium setting.
It will 🥀also involve a massive security operation, with tens of thousands of police officers and𝓰 soldiers deployed.
The Paris Olympi🗹cs, the year's most significant sports event, is scheduled to commence on 26 July. However, France has decided to reduce the number of spectators for the opening ceremony by half for unspecified reasons.
The athletes will be paraded through the heart of the French capital on boats on the Seine along a 6-kilom🔯eter (3.7-mile) route. Both b🦩anks of the river will be lined by spectators, behind multiple security cordons.
Speaking on French TV channel France 2, D💙armanin said current plans would allow for 100,000 payin🎃g spectators with a waterside view, and more than 220,000 people with free tickets on the river's upper embankments.
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Organiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚzers had originally estimated that around 600,000 spectators could watch the ceremony, but Darmanin did not give a reason for why they have revised those figures.
Asked whether he had in🔯somnia thinking about the ceremony, Darmanin replied that is sleeping wel💞l.
“I know that we have the best security forces in the world and 🏅we'll be able to show that France is capable of winning medals and, above all, of hosting the world without any problems,” he said.
In December, French president Emmanuel Macron said the ceremony could be moved for security reasons if France is hit again in the run-up by extremist attacks. He cited deadly extremist attacks that hit Paris in 2015 as an example of the♏ type of severe crisis that could force a rethink.