Paris 2024 Olympics: the failed gamble of the popular opening ceremony becoming an invitation-only party. The high platforms will be reserved for 222,000 spectators on the evening of the opening ceremony.
President Emmanuel Macron, by definitively validating in July 2021 a concept that was already widely talked about, rolled out the red carpet. “We really want the ceremony to be popular, open to all, unique in terms of experience, very innovative and that it has meaning for the French, that it carries a message for the world,” he said.