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# What it Looks Like to Have a Seat Along the Seine for the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremonies

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_Published 2024-07-26. TIME Senior Correspondent Alice Park takes us along the Seine River in Paris where spectators are taking their place ahead of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic games._


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## Transcript

Alice Park, and I just arrived at my spot on the sen for the opening ceremonies. It's about 5:30. I got here around four, but you have to get here early enough to grab a seat because or in my case, a standing spot on the bridge will take you over here so that you can see that we'll be able to see the boats as they come by. And there are seats set up along the send for people who have purchased tickets, and this will be the first time ever for an Olympic opening ceremony that won't be held in a stadium. I'm going to show you here in a second. The vantage point. And how things are set up here. So that'll be the view of the boats of the athletes as they come by and their screen set up as well, and that's where opening ceremonies will yon who has tickets.

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