The Beijing National Stadium. (Bird Nest)
These were used in the opening ceremony to provide lights in the audience - they are LED panels which can be lit in multiple colours to make patterns etc. in the arena. If you watch the opening ceremony you can see them in use.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony was held in the Arena Corinthians in São Paulo, Brazil on Thursday, June 12.
The tenants of Astana Arena are the FC Astana, FC Bayterek, 7th Asian Winter Games Opening Ceremony, and the Kazakhstan national football team.
It was used as the opening/closing ceremonies as well as for athletics. Although it wasn't called that in 2000.
The fist country to enter the arena will always be Greece because this is where the Olympics originated, the last one is the hosting country.
There were numerous singers at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. The young girl who sang during the early part of the opening ceremony was 13-year-old Nikki Webster. Other musical performers who performed during the opening ceremony were Olivia Newton-John and John Farnham, who sang the duet "Dare to Dream" while they walked among the athletes. Vanessa Amorosi sang "Heroes" when a huge cloth with sporting images and a white dove of peace dropped to cover the athletes. Tina Arena sang "The Flame".
A closing ceremony will mark the end of an Olympics. All the winning athletes will also walk in with their host country in front of everyone in the arena.
Basketball Arena, North Greenwich Arena, Riverbank Arena, Water Polo Arena, Wembley Arena.
The opening ceremonies is the official start of the Olympic games, whether summer or winter. It is held in a large stadium or arena in the host city and is known for spectacular performances and high budgets. Every opening ceremony includes a march of the athletes participating in the games, who walk into the stadium for their country in alphabetical order with Greece first and the host country last. For many, the opening ceremonies symbolizes peace, hope and unity.
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Wembley Arena