For the first time in history, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will leave a stadium to take place in the heart of the host city, Paris.
Smoke resembling the flag of the French national team is projected over the Pont d’Austerlitz during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)The Greek team begins the athletes parade in front of the water jets and water curtain under the Pont d’Austerlitz over the Seine River during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)Spectators wave flags during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Alex Broadway/Getty Images)Lady Gaga performs at Square Barye during the Athletes’ Parade on the Seine River during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)Tightrope walker Nathan Paulin performs on a tightrope during the athletes’ parade on the Seine River near the Supreme Court during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)General view of a heart created during an aerial display as boats are seen on the Seine River during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)Isaquias Guimaraes Queiroz, flag bearer for Team Brazil, reacts during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)General view of the performance at the Palais de Justice during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo Getty Images>Dancers perform on the banks of the Seine River during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Jack Guez – Pool/Getty Images)Delegations from Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile and China sail on the Seine River during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024, as the Eiffel Tower is seen in the background. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images)Aya Nakamura performs during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Esa Alexander-Pool/Getty Images)A torchbearer carries the Olympic flame over a building along the Seine River during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/Pool, Getty Images)Smoke rises from windows as performers take part in the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/Pool, Getty Images)Artists perform on a bridge during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)Spectators holding various international flags cheer from their balconies during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Carl de Souza-Pool/Getty Images)Team USA flag bearers Coco Gauff and LeBron James are seen waving their flag on a boat on the Seine River during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)General view of Team USA members walking past water jets on the Seine River during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)Spectators watch as Team France athletes pass by on a boat on the Seine River during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)The Horsewoman, carrying the flag of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is seen riding a metal horse on the Seine River during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Alex Broadway/Getty Images)Floriane Issert, a non-commissioned officer of the National Gendarmerie, carries the Olympic flag as she sails across the Pont d’Iéna during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024, as the Eiffel Tower is visible in the background. (Photo by Ludovic Marin/Pool, AFP via Getty Images)General view of the Trocadero site, with the Eiffel Tower in the background and lasers lighting up the sky, during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Francois-Xavier Marit/AFP via Getty Images)Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal (2L) holds the Olympic torch alongside American athlete Carl Lewis (L), Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci (2R) and American tennis player Serena Williams (R) on the Seine River during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images)Torchbearers, former French sprinter Marie-José Perec and French judoka Teddy Riner, arrive to light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, on July 26, 2024. (Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images)A general view shows a balloon containing the Olympic cauldron after it was lit during the opening ceremony in Paris, France, on July 26, 2024. (Peter Cziborra/Pool, AFP via Getty Images)Singer Celine Dion performs during the opening ceremony as the Olympic rings are seen on the Eiffel Tower, July 26, 2024. (Stephanie Lecocq/Pool, AFP via Getty Images)
