Celebrating The Games throughout France !

In 2024, the Games will offer a groundbreaking celebration of sport for the entire world. More events will take place away from the stadiums, at the heart of the city. The Opening Ceremonies will also follow the same approach: for the first time in history, the host country’s communities will resonate with the rhythm of the Games like never before. Thanks to a groundbreaking approach, numerous sites and venues across France and French overseas territories (including village squares, gardens, parks, stadiums, school playgrounds and exceptional sites like Trocadéro, the Hôtel de Ville square in Paris and Parc de la Villette) will become places of celebration and events during the summer of 2024.

IN PARIS: ENJOYING THIS UNIQUE EXPERIENCE TOGETHER, AT THE HEART OF THE GAMES

On 26 July 2024, the Paris Olympic Games will open with a groundbreaking celebration focused on the athletes with a parade along the Seine, enabling hundreds of thousands of spectators along the riverbanks to share the moment with the athletes.

The celebratory atmosphere will continue all summer along the River Seine and its canals; in each arrondissement throughout Paris, from La Villette to Saint-Denis; and in many other communities across the Paris Region.

Paris 2024’s ambition is to offer Games that are for everyone; to do this we have set up celebration venues at the heart of Paris, which will become an outstanding Olympic and Paralympic park. Furthermore, the public will be able to share the experience of the Games with their champions through groundbreaking celebration initiatives such as the Champions Park, Club France, and the Park of Nations in La Villette.

Champions Park: A place to celebrate with the medallists of the Games

Positioned at Trocadéro, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, Champions Park will be the go-to destination for sports fans from around the world to meet up and celebrate the medal-winning athletes, their achievements, and all the incredible stories that will mark the Games.

For the first time in the history of the Summer Games, all the medal winners will be invited to meet and celebrate with thousands of fans at Trocadéro, in the heart of Paris, in a magnificent space which will be freely accessible to all.

Every day at Champions Park will see the celebration of the previous day’s medal winners, who will be invited to take part in a parade and meet the public followed by live screenings of the day’s major sporting moments in what will become an open-air arena.

The programme will also include performances by artists and cultural activities, helping to make Champions Park a complete and universal celebratory experience, in addition to a space for enjoying sport.

Club France: A place to celebrate French athletes’ achievements

In 2024, the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) and the French Paralympic and Sports Committee (CPSF) will join forces to create Club France: an easily accessible space where the achievements of French athletes can be celebrated by fans.

Throughout the Games, in the north-east of Paris, Parc de la Villette and its Grande Halle will be the beating heart of Team France.

More than 700,000 people are expected to meet there and enjoy the atmosphere around French athletes’ achievements, celebrating together and taking part in fun taster sessions to discover the various sports of the Games.

Club France will be built around three pillars that will guide its programme of activities and events:

• Incredible atmosphere: Club France will be the dedicated celebration zone for supporters of Team France and its 900 athletes. Thousands of spectators will follow the French athletes’ achievements accompanied by Olympic and Paralympic champions.
• Celebrations: Club France will exclusively welcome the day’s French medal winners. Every evening, French athletes will be celebrated with the fans, who will share a unique moment with these exceptional champions before the Grande Halle transforms into a space for partying.
• Discovery: Club France will be a place where members of the public will be able to discover new sports, new sensations, and new experiences thanks to the presence of the sports federations and the French sports community. Club France will also be the place where the entire sporting ecosystem of the country will come together and prepare for the future.

La Villette: Displaying the universality of the Games at the Park of Nations

An open-air sports facility, Parc de la Villette will naturally be one of the iconic venues for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with Club France and many French sports federations present in its Grande Halle and garden areas.

Some fans will be welcomed in pavilions designed and built by students from France’s national architecture schools as part of the Archi-Folies 2024 project, which has been awarded the Cultural Olympiad label. This pioneering initiative to bring sport and architecture together is supported and funded by the French Ministry of Culture, and is made possible thanks to the CNOSF, Paris 2024, national architecture and landscaping schools, Olympic federations, and many different sponsors.

Several National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) will also have spaces at various iconic locations around the Park. Operating as a Park of Nations throughout the summer of 2024, La Villette will be open to everyone around the world who loves sport and its values and has an irresistible desire to celebrate a truly global event in the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

THROUGHOUT FRANCE: Club 2024 zones to unite together around the Games

The celebrations will also be taking place throughout France, with the Club 2024 zones offering opportunities for everyone to meet up around the Games.

The Club 2024 zones will open their doors to enable as many people as possible to share the experience of the Olympic and Paralympic Games celebrations. Sports and cultural activities, live screenings of competitions on big screens, moments for sharing with athletes—there will be around 200 Club 2024 zones throughout France during the Games and so many different ways to experience this event!

With the ambition to get France celebrating during the Games, Paris 2024, liaising with the host communities and Terre de Jeux 2024 label holders, has put together a programme of celebration venues, with a range of sports, cultural and celebratory activities and events: the Club 2024 zones.

They will enable as many people as possible to share a unique and complete Olympic and Paralympic experience, guided by France’s specific celebratory spirit. Open to everyone, from sports fans to people who are simply curious and want to find out more, the Club 2024 zones will offer opportunities to:

• Experience the key moments from the Games and support Team France, with live screenings of the Olympic and Paralympic events and ceremonies. Paris 2024 will provide municipalities with the TV signal, liaising with the official broadcasters.

• Take part in sport with a programme of sports demonstrations and taster sessions, and meet with local athletes: an “Olympic Day” / “Paralympic Day” spirit in line with Paris 2024’s commitments: incorporating more sport into everyday life for people throughout France and building closer connections between athletes and members of the public

• Have fun and meet up with family or friends in a welcoming space for entertainment, eating and relaxing: a “Music Hall” spirit that will showcase the French art of fine living and local know-how, through a dining selection inspired directly by France’s culture of gastronomy.

• Take part in the celebrations around the Games thanks to a programme of cultural activities and events (concerts, shows, meetings with artists, presence of the mascots, innovative and digital activities and events) drawn up liaising with the Cultural Olympiad: a “Festival” spirit, which will make it possible to bring together people from all backgrounds to celebrate around the Paris 2024 Games.

The spirit of the Games will spread throughout the country!

To distribute the spirit of the Games nationwide, Paris 2024 has developed a programme of activities bringing together all the various local stakeholders who will be able to use a “celebrations kit” to bring the Games experience to life in their towns and cities and support the French team. Paris 2024 will offer original and fun ideas for activations for all these stakeholders, who will be able to offer taster sessions to discover sports and Para sports, as well as sports-related conferences, screenings of the Games in restaurants and brasseries, cultural activities and original sports challenges throughout the country.

Celebrate the Games throughout France thanks to the Games Map

To ensure that you do not miss out on any of these events offering opportunities for people across France to celebrate around the spirit of the Games, Paris 2024 will launch the Games Map at the end of April 2024. This Map will aim to list all of the events related to Paris 2024 throughout France. It will be available from the Paris 2024 official site and the app.

In just one click, you will be able to discover all the information about the activities available near you linked to the Games (competition venues, stores, etc.) and the celebration of the Games.