"An unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Winter Olympics opening ceremony replete with references to Italian icons and culture plus American pop diva Mariah Carey was scheduled to officially start the Milan Cortina Games on Friday as the sports spectacle returns to a nation that last hosted the event 20 years ago. This is the most spread-out Olympics Summer or Winter in history, with competition venues dotting an area of about 8,500 square miles, roughly the size of the entire state of New Jersey."
"The main hub Friday is in Milan at San Siro soccer stadium, which is home to Serie A titans AC Milan and Inter Milan, opened a century ago and is due to be razed and replaced in the next few years. There also will be three other places where athletes can march, some carrying their country's flag: Cortina d'Ampezzo in the heart of the Dolomite mountains; Livigno in the Alps; Predazzo in the autonomous province of Trento."
Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics will stage an opening ceremony across four sites with dual cauldrons and Italian cultural references, including Mariah Carey. The Games span about 8,500 square miles, making them the most geographically spread-out Olympics ever. San Siro in Milan serves as the main hub while Cortina d'Ampezzo, Livigno and Predazzo host simultaneous athlete marches to avoid long mountain-to-city travel. San Siro is a century-old stadium slated for replacement. The closing ceremony will be in Verona. The two cauldrons honor Leonardo da Vinci's geometric studies and will be placed in Milan and Cortina.
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