Venue changes for Paris 2024 announced Thursday

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is diligently working behind the scenes to prepare for Paris 2024. On Thursday, the IOC Executive Board released some key venue changes for the big event that will take place just a little less than two years from now.

Amongst those venue changes are the venues for shooting, boxing preliminaries, the fencing ranking round of modern pentathlon, as well as the Olympic Games Main Press Center.

The shooting competition will now be held at the existing French National Shooting Center in Châteauroux with the hopes to leave a strong legacy in France for the sport once the Games conclude. The boxing preliminaries were moved to the North Paris Arena in Villepinte where the fencing ranking rounds will also take place for modern pentathlon. The Main Press Center will now be located at Palais des Congrès.

The IOC Executive Board has also included some other announcements since the two-year-out mark in July. Initial ticket pricing information was shared and the “Games Wide Open” slogan was released as well as the schedule of events for the Games.

All changes made have been done so in an effort to optimize the Games experience without sacrificing their integrity and ambition. In order to support this new movement, the IOC founded a Games Optimization Group headed up by IOC Member Kirsty Coventry following Tokyo 2020. This new group will work to enhance the Olympics and its delivery by bringing in experts in the fields of technology and innovation to consult on where changes could be implemented.

The positive changes brought forth by the IOC EB and the Games Optimization Group should bring a new experience to the Games for the athletes, fans, press and, of course, viewers around the world.