The opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games (August 28-September 8) will take place at Place de la Concorde but also at the bottom of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the organizers of the Olympic and Paralympic Games detailed on Thursday October 20 ( Cojop) during a press conference. The option of the Place de la Concorde had already been announced last June. To satisfy the request of the Paralympic movement to have a gauge at least equivalent to that of the Stade de France in ceremonial mode, that is to say at least 60,000 people, the project was amended and extended over the most famous avenue in Paris. This ceremony, validated by the board of directors of the organizing committee on Thursday, will be able to accommodate 65,000 people: 30,000 people in paying places and 35,000 free of charge who will be able to attend the parade of delegations, 184 in total, which will also take place on the bottom of the avenue des Champs-Élysées. It will take place on the evening of August 28, said the president of the organizing committee Tony Estanguet.