US EditionClosing Ceremony: Here's What to Know Ahead of the Final Celebration for Milan Cortina Games
The ceremony features a parade of athletes, performances by Major Lazer and Italian artists, and highlights climate change risks to future Winter Games.
- On Sunday, Feb. 22 the closing ceremony begins at 2:30 p.m. ET inside Verona Arena, Verona, Italy, with Diplo's Major Lazer announced Saturday to perform.
- Organizers designed the show to honor athletes and heritage as Beauty in Action showcases Italian culture and Alfredo Accatino, closing ceremony artistic director, says it highlights climate risks.
- The roughly 2.5-hour program will feature Italian music and dance, with some 1,500 Olympians parading before about 12,000 spectators inside the first-century amphitheater.
- The ceremony will extinguish the two Olympic flames and conduct the official handover to the next host, with two cauldrons extinguished simultaneously in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.
- France will host the 2030 Winter Games from Feb. 1 to Feb. 17, 2030, with final plans mapping events across Haute Savoie, Savoie, Briançon and Nice.
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Closing Ceremony: Here's what to know ahead of the final celebration for Milan Cortina Games
Two weeks of competition have come and gone, with it Olympic dreams and comebacks achieved. Here's what to know ahead of the Closing Ceremony on Sunday. (AP)
The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are at an end. This means that everything is ready for the closing ceremony of the Games that will be held tonight, Sunday 22 February, at the Verona Arena. The event will be broadcast live in the world from 20:30 to 22:45, on Rai1 and streaming free of charge on Rai Play and subscription on Eurosport, channel available streaming on HBO Max, Discovery+, Dazn, TIMvision and Prime Video Channels. The opening in Sa…
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