Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony to Start at 7.30 PM Local Time

Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony to Start at 7.30 PM Local Time
Olympic rings to celebrate the IOC official announcement that Paris won the 2024 Olympic bid are seen in front of the Eiffel Tower at the Trocadero square in Paris on Sept. 14, 2017. Christian Hartmann/Reuters
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PARIS—The Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony will start at 7.30 p.m. local time, organisers said on Friday as they gear up for the final straight before the Games.

“We chose that time to make the most of the light,” Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet told a press conference following the seventh and final Coordination Commission with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).