jje1000
Senior Member
I personally thought the Seine stretched the energy too thinly & any installation/stage was ultimately dwarfed by the surroundings. Ironically in a stretched-out parade-like setting like this, I think the best seat was in front of the television as opposed to the stands.While I'm not typically a fan of the Olympics circus, the use of the Seine, Eiffel Tower and Jardins du Trocadéro for the Paris Opening Ceremony was certainly innovative. Does Toronto have any existing parks or corridors that could accommodate such a presentation?
Also there was somehow no weather contingency planning because this sort of spectacle clearly did not pan out lol
If anything, IMO the opening events should have taken place entirely within the Trocodero and Champs des Mars area, with the Eiffel Tower being the main backdrop/canvas for the tableaus- which as Celine Dion demonstrated, was spectacular with the right treatment.
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