2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

2016 Summer Olympics
opening ceremony
Date 24 July 2020 (2020-07-24)
Location Tokyo, Japan

The opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place on the evening of Friday 24 July 2020 in the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo.[1] As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings combined the formal ceremonial opening of this international sporting event (including welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of athletes) with an artistic spectacle to showcase the host nation's culture and history.

Ticket prices for the Opening Ceremony will range between ¥12,000 and ¥300,000.[2]

Preparations

The Organising Committee prepared a so-called “Basic Policy”, that includes aspects to highlight the appeal of Japan and Tokyo to the world; including feedback from experts and opinions of the Japanese public.[3] The final version was released in December 2017.[4]

The Basic Policy consits of three sections:[5]

  • Section 1: Positioning of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
    • Inclucing Historical Significance, Social Significance and Games Vision
  • Section 2: Opening and Closing Ceremonies Overall Concept
    • Including: Peace, coexistence, reconstruction, future, Japan and Tokyo, athletes, involvement and ex
  • Section 3: The Positioning of The Four Ceremonies
    • Inclucing: Introduction, development, diversification and conclusion

Venue

The New National Stadium will serve as the main stadium for the opening ceremony. Demolition of old National Stadium was completed in May 2015, then the construction of new stadium began at the same site on 11 December 2016. The stadium will be handed over to the IOC on 30 November 2019 for necessary games and ceremony preparations. Capacity during the Olympic Games will be 60,102 taking into account press and executive seating areas.[6]

Anthems

  • Japan TBD - National Anthem of Japan
  • International Olympic Committee TBD - Olympic Anthem

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Competition Schedule". 18 July 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 Announces Outline of Olympic Games Ticket Prices ｜The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games".
  3. ↑ "Opening and Closing Ceremonies｜The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games".
  4. ↑ "Basic Policy｜The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games".
  5. ↑ "PowerPoint プレゼンテーション" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-09-10. C1 control character in |title= at position 13 (help)
  6. ↑ "技術提案等審査委員会". www.jpnsport.go.jp.
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