The world is witnessing the Tokyo Olympics after a yearlong
delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic but the details about the 2024 Paris
Olympics have already started coming out.

The Paris Olympics will be featuring a unique opening
ceremony with the city’s River Seine the scene for the curtain-raising
spectacular, said French President Emmanuel Macron.

In an interview with the French sports daily L’Equipe to
appear on Sunday, Macron revealed that barges on the Seine and its quays would
provide the urban setting for the ceremony on July 26, 2024.

“We want it to be a ceremony of the people, open to all
and unique in terms of the experience it will provide. Something that makes
sense to the French people and conveys a message to the rest of the
world,” the 43-year-old leader said in Tokyo on the sidelines of the
delayed 2020 Games.

“We want something unique and revolutionary,” he
said.

The Seine and its banks have undergone a radical transformation over the past five years after decades of serving as a
city-center highway.

Most riverside roads now serve as pedestrian routes.

Having previously played host in 1900 and 1924, Paris will
become the second city to host the Olympics three times, after London (1908,
1948 and 2012). 2024 will mark the centenary of the Paris Games of 1924 and the
sixth Olympic Games hosted by France (three in summer and three in winter). Paris
was elected as the host city on 13 September 2017 at the 131st IOC Session in
Lima, Peru.