The figure was revised downward amid security concerns, but the evening remains extraordinary. On the evening of July 26, 326,000 people will gather on the banks of the Seine to attend the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games, a 6 km river parade. More than four times the capacity of the Stade de France, insist those involved in this launch outside a stadium. A first in the history of the Olympic Games, with unprecedented logistical constraints. One of which appears trivial, yet essential: where will the public go to relieve themselves?
Because the evening promises to be long. The organizers are planning a show lasting from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., and you will undoubtedly have to arrive well in advance to make your way through the surely crowded transport, and through the crowd expected in the capital on this Friday in July. Hours of waiting and then seeing the athletes pass by, which will therefore make additional toilets necessary, deployed for the occasion on the banks of the capital's river, divided into two zones: the low quays, and the high quays.
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