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Saudi Games 2023 Opening Ceremony Tickets Now Available

The ceremony will take place at King Fahd International Stadium (File Photo AAWSAT)
The ceremony will take place at King Fahd International Stadium (File Photo AAWSAT)
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Saudi Games 2023 Opening Ceremony Tickets Now Available

The ceremony will take place at King Fahd International Stadium (File Photo AAWSAT)
The ceremony will take place at King Fahd International Stadium (File Photo AAWSAT)

The organizing committee of the Saudi Games 2023 announced the availability of tickets for the opening ceremony of the 2nd edition of the games.

The ceremony will take place at King Fahd International Stadium on November 27 with a general entrance ticket priced at SAR35.

Tickets can be purchased through the website: Tickets.saudigames.sa.

The opening ceremony will feature a diverse and distinctive program, including artistic and sports performances, as well as light displays creating an artistic tableau throughout the Stadium, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

There will also be a procession of participating athletes, fireworks displays, and the lighting of the Saudi Games' torch.

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‘Flooding Rains’ Threaten to Dampen Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)
Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)
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‘Flooding Rains’ Threaten to Dampen Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)
Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)

The Paris Olympics look likely to get off to a soggy start.

Meteo-France, the French weather service, is predicting “flooding rains” Friday evening when the opening ceremony is set to unroll along the Seine River. But the show is set to go on as planned, starting at 1:30 p.m. EDT/7:30 p.m. CEST and should last more than three hours.

Already in the late afternoon, skies were gray with intermittent drizzle. There was a silver lining, though, with temperatures expected to stay relatively warm throughout the evening.

Instead of a traditional march into a stadium, about 6,800 athletes will parade on more than 90 boats on the Seine River for 6 kilometers (3.7 miles). Though 10,700 athletes are expected to compete at these Olympics, hundreds of soccer players are based outside Paris, surfers are in Tahiti and many have yet to arrive for their events in the second week, organizers said Thursday.

Hundreds of thousands of people, including 320,000 paying and invited ticket-holders, are expected to line the Seine’s banks as athletes are paraded along the river on boats.