The opening ceremony, scheduled for July 26, along six kilometers of the Seine River. It will be a little more than 300,000 people: 100,000 in the lower docks and 220,000 in the upper ones.
The number of spectators who will be able to attend the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Games which will be held on the banks of the Seine River on July 26, will be “around 300,000” people, as indicated by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, half of what was initially planned.
“The idea is that there are 100,000 people on the lower piers,” with paid tickets,” “and more than 220,000 people on the upper piers,” with free tickets, “and then there are all those who live and who will be able to rent , throw parties throughout the Sign“explained the minister.
In October 2022, the Darmanin announced in the Senate that “600,000 spectators” could attend the opening ceremony, which for the first time will not be organized in a closed stadium, of which 500,000 could attend for free on the upper quays of the Seine.
Asked again in May 2023 during the signing of a security protocol, Darmanin reaffirmed the initial figure of 600,000 spectators.
Despite the reduction, Darmanin He assured that “the opening ceremony will continue as initially planned.”
The Paris Police Prefecture recently stated that the final number of spectators would be confirmed “in the spring” based on the terrorist threat.
The ceremony is planned to be held along six kilometers of the Seine river, from the Austerlitz bridge to the Jena bridge, and 115 boats will be in charge of transporting the different delegations of athletes, in the presence of heads of state and government from around the world.
The French government plans to mobilize 30,000 police and gendarmes for the Games, a number that may increase to 45,000 for the opening ceremony.
Source: Ambito
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