On July 26, the opening ceremony will screen live at more than 150 IMAX locations across the US, according to NBC Universal. Tickets are available for purchase on Fandango. Prices start around $20 for adults, children, and seniors.
Then, from July 27 to August 11, select hours of NBC Universal’s daytime Olympics coverage will be shown at approximately 160 AMC locations nationwide, according to the broadcaster. Tickets are also available now.
Or even…listen to it?
Speaking of exciting new partnerships, NBC Universal has tapped iHeartMedia to serve as its “exclusive audio partner” during the Paris Games, according to the broadcaster. To that end, iHeartRadio will air 24/7 play-by-play audio of select NBCU Olympics coverage, with a special focus on Team USA. Expect discussion of basketball, soccer, volleyball, swimming, gymnastics, track and field, and other sports.
Per the agreement, iHeartRadio will also produce Olympics-focused episodes for some of iHeart’s top podcasts and develop an original Olympics podcast hosted by comedians Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers. In “2 Guys, 5 Rings: Matt, Bowen & the Olympics,” Yang and Rogers will “discuss everything from Paris culture to the athletes, events and top storylines of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games,” according to NBC Universal. If you like your Olympics coverage with a side of humor, definitely check that out.
How to watch the Olympics opening and closing ceremony
Paris organizers say the opening ceremony will be the largest in Olympics history, and the first not to be held in a stadium. Instead, it’ll take the form of a boat parade along the Seine starring the athletes—all 10,500 of them.
Beginning at 7:30 p.m. local time on Friday, July 26 (aka 1.30 p.m. EST), a floating procession will make its way from the Austerlitz Bridge to the Trocadéro six kilometers (around 3.7 miles) to the west. There, right across from the Eiffel Tower, the ceremony will have its finale.
You’ll be able to watch the ceremony live on NBC or stream it via Peacock, NBCOlympics. com, and the NBC/NBC Sports apps; coverage starts at 12 p.m. EST that day, according to NBC. And Spanish-language coverage will be available on Telemundo starting one hour later. No worries if you can’t tune in then, though (noon is the middle of the workday, after all): You’ll have another chance to catch the festivities at 7:30 p.m. EST/PST on NBC, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com, and the NBC/NBC Sports apps.
As for the closing ceremony set to bring the Games to an official end on August 11, it’ll be held in the Stade de France, the country’s national stadium. Located north of Paris in the suburb of Saint-Denis, the venue will be transformed into a “gigantic concert hall” for a “spectacular show” featuring more than 100 performers, acrobats, dancers, and circus artists, according to the IOC.
The ceremony will be broadcast live on NBC and Peacock starting at 2 p.m. EST that day. Primetime coverage will begin at 7 p.m. EST/PST.
How to watch the Paralympics opening and closing ceremony
But the festivities don’t end there. Later that month, on August 28, the Paralympics opening ceremony will take place in Paris, ushering in about 11 days of competition among 4,400 of the world’s best para athletes.
