"We were among the thousands of people who helped bid them goodbye in a Roman amphitheater in Verona, Italy, on Sunday, with a ceremony that was mostly sentimental but punctuated by rousing bursts of lights, confetti and electropop music. The closing ceremony echoed some of the pomp and circumstance of its opening counterpart 16 days earlier: the athletes' Parade of Nations, the raising of flags,"
"For one, the Verona Arena which was built around 30 AD for gladiator battles holds a considerably smaller crowd than Milan's San Siro stadium (some 15,000 vs. 75,000 people). It's an open-air venue with stone seats, which made for a fair bit of shuffling around (and occasional phone calls) among spectators. Each seat held a tote bag with a slim seat cushion in it, to make"
The Winter Olympics closing ceremony in Verona combined sentimental moments with bursts of lights, confetti and electropop music. The event featured a Parade of Nations, flag raisings and the lighting and extinguishing of the Milan and Cortina Olympic cauldrons. The atmosphere was noticeably more relaxed after two-and-a-half weeks of competition, with athletes and spectators favoring comfort. The Verona Arena, built around 30 AD for gladiator battles, holds about 15,000 people and offers open-air stone seating; each seat included a tote bag with a slim cushion. Performers and volunteers wore simpler tunics, athletes embraced streetwear-inspired outfits, and the ceremony was shorter than the opening while including speeches by IOC President Kirsty Coventry and the head of the Italian organizing committee.
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