For the first time, the Summer Olympics will not be opened in a stadium, but along the Seine in the middle of Paris. Impressions from an evening where everything could be staged, except the weather.
Where do you start when thousands of athletes glide through Paris on boats on the Seine, pyrotechnic shows follow dance performances along the promenade, Lady Gaga sings in French and the French national anthem is sung from the roof of the Grand Palais? Of course: with the weather.
They had planned for a sunset. That’s why the organizers had scheduled the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Paris to begin at 7:30 p.m. They wanted to rely on “the natural light of the setting sun with all its nuances” and send the athletes towards the Eiffel Tower in the evening glow, as they had already announced in March. Perhaps also to give summer enough time to adjust to the organizing committee’s plans. But they still ignored them.
Source: Stern
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