Published on 07/15/2024 4:38 p.m.
Video length: 3 min 2024 Olympics: Lille prepares to host competitions Lille (North) and its metropolis will host the matches of the preliminary phase of basketball and the final phase of handball during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (France 2)
Lille (North) and its metropolis will host the matches of the preliminary phase of basketball and the final phase of handball during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Paris 2024 gives a decisive pass to Lille 2024. In the North, too, the countdown to the Games has begun. “At work, we can’t stop talking regarding it,” confides a passerby. The city is warming up before overheating. “I’m lucky to have tickets for basketball,” says a resident. Lille is preparing to be one of the country’s Olympic showcases around the world. The city will welcome the greatest basketball players on the planet. LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant…
To be ready to host the basketball group stages and the handball qualifiers, the Pierre Mauroy stadium has been transformed since June 7. Up to 400 people take turns seven days a week, 24 hours a day, to transform the football stadium into an Olympic arena. The people of Lille are expecting a massive influx of supporters this summer: 1.4 million people are expected over the Olympic fortnight. In Lille, it is hoped that the handball and basketball players will create vocations and that sports tourism will be born from these Games.
