Los Angeles stepped aside so the City of Lights, Paris, can be bestowed the honor of hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics. This will be the third time the French capital will be cradling the Olympic torch, and as the number one tourist destination in the world, its hosting chops will be highly scrutinized.
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In its bid for hosting honors, Paris has immediately rebranded into an Olympic Park. Not that its natural beauty needs to be overlaid with too much development to stage an international event, but there are designated zones for specific audiences. For instance, the Paris Saint-Denis Zone will be meant for a youthful and diverse audience, while the Paris Centre Zone will put all of the city’s historical attractions front and center.
While hosting Olympic Games is never inexpensive, Paris’ inherent infrastructure and well-maintained public structures make the reuse of existing facilities possible. This should represent huge construction savings. The city has also embraced a “responsible and sustainable Games concept” to keep the investment costs down and prioritize the event’s impact on communities.
The idea of working with what the city already has will be to the favor of its known tourist attractions. The emblematic Tour Eiffel itself will be the site of beach volleyball. The grounds of Chateau de Versailles will provide the stunning atmosphere for Equestrian, while the Esplanade des Invalides lends its historical airs to archery.
Notably, the Seine will play both the heart and the backdrop of the games, being the site of a few sporting events and the view of athletes’ accommodations.
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Paris will be a different break from the building sprees that have characterized previous Olympic games.
Lisa Dudzik from Perth, Western Australia, is a contracts and claims manager who lived in different parts of the world as an expat. For more reads on construction developments around the world, visit this page.
