The opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games will take place in Paris, where more than 10,000 athletes will take part in a parade along the River Seine.
It’s the first time the parade of nations will take place outside a stadium. Molly Solomon, president of production and executive producer of NBC Olympics, said organizers of the 2024 Summer Olympics are throwing out the “traditional script” this year. The opening ceremony “is embedded in the heart of the city,” she told reporters during a media call on July 24.
LeBron James and Coco Gauff are the flag bearers for Team USA. Snoop Dogg, who is NBC’s special correspondent, carries the Olympic torch on its final leg.
Kelly Clarkson and Peyton Manning will host the opening ceremony on NBC. Much is still unclear about what exactly will happen during the broadcast. Just hours before the ceremony was set to begin, arsonists attacked French train tracks, disrupting the travel of hundreds of thousands of people, including Olympic athletes.
Yahoo Entertainment will be covering the festivities, which begin at 1:30 p.m. ET. Follow our live blog for updates.
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How to watch the opening ceremony
NBC will broadcast the 2024 Paris Olympics. (Ted Shaffrey/AP) NBC News will broadcast the 2024 Summer Olympics, as it has every four summers since 1988, when it acquired the broadcast rights to the Summer Games.
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris begins at 1:30 p.m. (Eastern Time).
NBC’s streaming app, Peacock, is the best place to watch this year’s events. The app will offer coverage of every sport, plus additional shows and interviews. NBC is expected to air at least nine hours of daily Olympic coverage, plus an Olympic primetime show each night.
Some events will also be broadcast on USA Network, Golf Channel, E! and CNBC. Spanish coverage of the Games will be broadcast on Universo and Telemundo. Click here for more ways to watch this year’s historic Games.
