Paris' $10BN Olympic Games Makeover

Paris is hosting the next Summer 2024 Olympic Games! With over 15 million expected visitors over two weeks, it could become the single largest event ever held in the country. From beach volleyball at the foot of the Eiffel Tower to horseback riding in the gardens of Versailles, today we'll look at Paris' insane Olympic preparations!
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0:00 Paris' $10BN Olympic Games Makeover
0:37 The Bid
2:38 The Venues
6:15 The New Olympic Village
7:35 Seine River Cleanup
10:00 Security
10:53 Infrastructure
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[@MegaBuildsYT]

Are you going to watch the 2024 Olympic Games? 🏅

[@moosahashmi8459]

Yes

[@lopuyopaulolokwawi]

Yes

[@dharmaraj25805]

Yes

[@Meisterling]

Only if my comment gets a heart, so yes. ❤

[@paraskep5080]

Yes

[@mileshigh1321]

What will make these Olympics great, is that they are using existing classic sites like Versailles and the Eiffel tower to host events! As long as the security is good, it should be a huge success !

[@AL-lh2ht]

Yea this is what actual competent Olympic hosting looks like. It might even break even.

[@lacmc9]

It's gonna be bad -Every person living in Paris

[@MusicismoreImportant]

​@@lacmc9can't judge everyone

[@superheracross89]

That's what la will be doing too in 2028

[@familykaplan1341]

⁠@@superheracross89as did summers of 1932 and 1984

[@hydrocharis1]

I really love this appproach where they try to avoid excessive and decadent building projects to rot afterwards and instead try to make the city as a whole a better place. I hope the IOC becomes reasonable enough to allow this style of Olympics into the future.

[@JuanWayTrips]

The Paris and Los Angeles Olympics will be successful because of this. Neither of the cities are building new stadiums and are using existing infrastructure. LA doesn't even need to build a new swimming venue or Olympic Village (unlike Paris) since they will use USC and UCLA's campuses.

[@lordbuttertoast7965]

@@JuanWayTripsSadly LA is insanely car dependent and has no sufficient public transportation infrastructure nor proper bike infrastructure

[@reggae-rock-roots]

​@@lordbuttertoast7965okay, but that is irrelevant to the point buddy made. So, your observation is noted, I guess.

[@reggae-rock-roots]

​@@lordbuttertoast7965okay, but that is irrelevant to the point buddy made. So, your observation is noted, I guess.

[@KyrilPG]

@JuanWayTrips That's not exactly that : Karen Bass, Los Angeles' Mayor, cane in early March to visit the Paris athletes village in Saint-Denis as an example to take inspiration from to reduce the housing crisis (her own words). The Paris 2024 athletes' village has been designed as a super ecological transit oriented neighborhood that will be first used as the athletes' village. Instead of the usual opposite : designed as athletes' village and difficultly modified to be a neighborhood later, often having a rather poor future. Developers tailored the village primarily to the needs of future long-term occupants rather than primarily to the athletes' needs and built it with a subterranean geothermal plant. The modifications will then be very minimal, and the housing will be mixed : partly private, partly social, partly half social. About a third of the apartments will be sold on the private market. So the village is just a neighborhood in waiting that would have been built anyway, the Olympics only accelerated the process. The neighborhood is located near the largest hub station of the new humongous Grand Paris Express transit extension. As for the Olympic Aquatic Center, Paris didn't need a new swimming pool for the Olympics and it was decided against building a massive arena capable of hosting 15 thousand spectators as it wouldn't have been useful past the games and would have been a huge expense. Instead, they've built an Olympic swimming venue with a 3500 max capacity that would be perfect for most main events in the next 25 years and to use a temporary reusable pool structure in the huge and already existing Paris la Défense Arena for the events requiring a 15k+ capacity. The Greater Paris sector in which the Aquatic Center is built (93) is the least equipped in swimming pools per capita. So, the new pool helps to solve this major need. Paris was lacking a major swimming equipment in its Northeastern quadrant, so they've built it near the already existing Stade de France and used the opportunity to value a former derelict industrial lot and depollute it. Nothing that wasn't expressly needed in Paris past the Olympics was built. They've used the Olympics to fund equipment and neighborhoods that were severely needed anyway beside the Olympics. It seems like LA is going to do the same in 2028 by using a temporary pool inside an arena for the high attendance events requiring at least a 15k spectator capacity. Karen Bass seemed to have hinted at that during her recent visit in Paris : building necessary equipment or neighborhoods for LA and briefly using them for the games before their intended long-term use. So, LA may still end up building a village (media or else) in the same manner as Paris, to help with the housing crisis. She didn't just come for the show, she really wanted to use the 2028 games as an opportunity to develop housing and looked at what Paris did in that respect. From what I've heard, a delegation from LA spent some time in Paris going over all the details of the Paris approach to the games and taking notes with the Paris Olympic organization committee and will also be present during the games this summer as observers. The main subjects they were particularly interested in were ecoconstruction, crowds management, public transit, and cycling. It's pretty much the same for the media village : a new neighborhood was built near Le Bourget airport (Paris 3rd airport aimed mostly at business aviation and location where the famous Paris airshow is held). The new neighborhood will participate to reduce the housing crisis and was built right next to a recently opened rapid transit station as TOD.

[@Meisterling]

The river cleanup is huge

[@BruneSixtine]

The French invented the modern olympic games, the first event happened in Greece, the 2nd event in France, and it hasn't stopped since. 100 years after it happened in Paris, it comes back to Paris, this is a great thing. Many surprises this summer, I can't wait.

[@Diegomax22]

Sauf que les Français de l’époque de Pierre de Coubertin ce ne sont plus les Français d’aujourd’hui.. En France on se prépare à la catastrophe.

[@Remy4556]

Paris and London are the only cities to have hosted the Summer Olympics 3 times...!!!!!

[@user-po8fd5bq9c]

Initiator of modern Olympic is French man...!!! Baron Coubertin...? 😂❤

[@twentyfivemelody]

As a French don't go, every parisian I know will not be there because the security is (knowing Macron) lackluster, the official police has already said that their anti kamikaze drone protocole won't be ready for this summer. And I won't even talk about how the city has doubled the Métro's ticket prizes just for the occasion. The Games were predicted to cost around 4 or 6 billions but since it's Macron's personal little dream it is estimated to cost more than 10 billions € !!!

[@tayloryoung9803]

@@twentyfivemelody Bullshit ! Government has nothing to do with olympics. In the video itself they speak about the budget maybe you didnt watch it ? probably the cheapest in ages. One of the main. factors of price increase is .... Inflation Huge part of budget is not on the event itself but legacy. For instance the olympic village which will become a mixed neighborhood, or transport infrastrucure and the seine clean up. You are frankly ingnorant about the issue and you focus WAY to mch on " Macron bad " rhetoric . Stop watching random political influencers and go read serious reports : Cour de compte for instance said budget is well managed Paris was awarded the games in september 2017 you think it macron who came up with it ? another proof you didnt go deep in the subject and then you come here on interntaional audiences to display your ignorance ? Please leave the olympics alone , stop hoping for the worste and try to be optimistic once

[@KyrilPG]

There's one big mistake though, or at least a confusion. The Grand Paris Express project wasn't meant for the Olympics, and it never was expected to be completed before the games. With the bid to organize the event, the Paris games committee proposed to use the first parts of the Grand Paris Express to be delivered. These parts only included line M14's extensions and the first section of M16/M17. Only the second part (M16/M17) of what was expected will be missing and they knew that for years, so they even decided to *not* rush the M16/M17 section and instead to focus on other things, while also relocating elsewhere some events that were supposed to be served by the missing section. In the meantime, other transit expansions will open between March and June, namely : 1) M11's Eastern extension (as part of GPE, just like M14's Northern and Southern extensions). 2) The first phase of RER E's Western extension up to Nanterre la Folie (just West of La Défense, only meters away from the huge arena) and 2 other major stations. 3) And tramway line T3b Western extension to Porte Dauphine and the Bois de Boulogne. That's about 34 kilometers of new extensions opening this spring, of which roughly 30km are in tunnels. Let's not forget the dozen of tramway lines that opened in the last decade or decade and a half, with 2 lines opening in 2023 alone. Plus a major renewal and capacity increase of the trains. Like the new MP14 trains of line M14 now having 8 cars instead of 6 and with a frequency of 42 or 44 trains per side per hour. New trains on M11, huge new RER NG trains on RER E... One of the main points of Paris 2024's bid was cycling. With a goal of total "cyclability" that includes thousands of additional "Vélib" station-based bikeshare bicycles, thousands of additional bicycles in free roaming by private operators and a bunch of additional temporary and itinerant "Vélib" base stations. They expect at least 10% of the events' public to ride bikes and other forms of soft mobility. As for the transit ridership, you have to keep in mind a very French and Parisian specificity : French people tend to take major holidays in droves. Especially in Paris where the city sees a substantial drop in local population and transit ridership during the summer. The apex being in August when the city feels empty and you could almost see tumbleweeds on the platforms of certain lines. 😂 So, for the Olympics, authorities have set the transit system to super peak mode instead of the usual much lighter summer service pattern. As an example, on a normal weekday during the year the RER line A carries up to 1.5 million passengers, and the B line a little less. But during the summer, they often see their ridership reduced to a quarter or less of that. That's plenty of capacity for Olympic visitors to use! Which will be spread over far wider time-frames, contrary to usual working weekdays where ridership is more concentrated on 2 two intense peak periods, the morning and evening rush. Just picture the reinforced super-peak operations but all day long, it should be able to cope with the Olympic crowds. The only real question is how the organization committee will spread the "human flow" (600k as of today) for the opening ceremony and if they'll assign specific schedules, and metro and walking paths to spectators according to their tribune or zone location. It's a bit unclear in the video but the entire opening ceremony will take place on the Seine river along a 6 or 7 kilometer stretch, with spectators on the lower and higher banks and the bridges. The Paralympic opening ceremony will take place on the Trocadero gardens or Concorde, I can't remember.

[@jeremydiez2528]

As a little correction of what you wrote, the extension of M11 has nothing to see with GPE, it doesn't really change the fact that it is being done before the Olympics.

[@KyrilPG]

@@jeremydiez2528 Yes M11's extension is part of the overall tally of the GPE, even if most of the extension is built solely by RATP. M14's extension too is part if the GPE even if a major part of it is built by RATP and only a minor section of it is built by the SGP. The official scope of the GPE consists of 4 new lines and 2 major extensions of existing lines, 84 stations, 68 of which are on the new lines. The fact that it is built before the Olympics doesn't make it linked to the games in any way, shape or form. The entire GPE project was launched way before Paris was even a candidate host city for the Olympics.

[@arrjay2410]

Using existing sites and facilities, coupled with temporary venues looks like a good idea regardless of the revenue savings. Some cities (such as Montreal here in Canada) sometimes wind up with outsized venues they don't or can't use. Sometimes these sites are not finished in time for the Olympics and wind up never really getting completed. One of the reasons the Olympic committee is finding it harder and harder to find cities that will host The Olympics.

[@Jpifr]

As a French and there are not many I the comments, the biggest issue for our governments is to change people minds because many are against the OG and believe it will be a disaster. And this negativity doesn't help to plan such a big event. There is so much communication done right now to excite people for the OG. I myself believe it's gonna be very nice on TV and that's what will touch most people around the world, and make the most profitable gains for France.

[@sacha339]

Il faut dire que l'on revient de loin

[@PortugalZeroworldcup]

Hopefully Budapest host 2036

[@tayloryoung9803]

@@sacha339 de loin de quoi ? le désastre de l'euro 2016 ? ah non c'etait pas un desastre ... La coupe du monde de rugby ? ah ba non plus... Ca suffit le pessimisme.. oui il y aura 2/3 couacs sasn doute mais bon pas la peine d'en rajouter

[@sacha339]

@@tayloryoung9803 2 ou 3 couacs c’est déjà trop…

[@TheZoePath]

France is playing this smart. I hope it's successful for them. Paris is amazing!

[@kellinbonilla3507]

Would love to see a car-free Paris for the Olympics. Lots of walking and biking in the beautiful summer heat, and a non-stop stream of buses would be greatly efficient with no personal use cars in the way on the roads!

[@yuridvoski973]

Bah oui mais nous on continue de travailler le temps des JO, ont des pas invités à la fête 🤣

[@kma3647]

Did you look at the map? Can you imagine the logistics of trying to get 600,000 people _walking_ from venue to venue on a tight event schedule? It doesn't work that way. We use efficient means of transportation like cars in the modern world. And the athletes aren't staying in a place that's safe to walk. They're all going to need secure transport. All it takes is one whackjob and you have Nice 2015 amplified by 100x.

[@dreamchasergarage690]

Paris is magnificent. I'm sure they will put on an excellent Olympics.

[@samxriitt]

all french people are WARNING us not to go because it doesnt have the capacity.

[@PortugalZeroworldcup]

Carbon neutral

[@Gabriel-rv4id]

No we have a security capacity problem.

[@hiddentravelworldwide]

It's going to be legendary! Which sport are you looking to see most?

[@fordmustang8733]

As a French person I am scared of public transport during the summer since I have an internship planned

[@jumbotruster9165]

Where at? I want internship there

[@sarahrean7174]

Not only that the street are filthy the tour has not be painted since 14 years !

[@sarahrean7174]

The raised of crime France is not prepared at all

[@doug8263]

@@sarahrean7174if you mean the Eiffel Tower you are incorrect. It was recently painted as it is every 7 years.

[@petrakov6531]

@@doug8263 No, it takes 3 years to paint the Eiffel Tower. The last campaign started in 2019 was stopped during the covid period and then they discovered that the old layers of paint to be removed were containing too much lead so protective measures for workers slowed down the work. It will only be finished in 2026.

[@xvenacavax]

Ah man, this made me realize my view of time is all weird still with covid throwing off the 2020 Olympics. Hopefully they clean the city and have secure accommodation! And likewise I really hope the visitors will be respectful and not cause any problems…

[@Amm17ar]

I was there this past summer lol. The Seine still looked pretty gross lol. Honestly didnt realize till after I got back that they were hosting the Olympics and had these huge plans in place, though I do remember seeing the big Olympic rings somewhere. I guess I didnt put 2 and 2 together, but I do distinctly remember thinking that if I put my hand in the Seine, it would probably just be bones left. Hopefully they can pull it off, cuz it would have been really nice and unique to swim in it.

[@shahrukhkhan8307]

HOW will they clean the canal/river. it's so dirty.... and forcing the athlete to swim in it is so immoral. imo

[@leuisisstdifliege]

​@@shahrukhkhan8307 Idk.. they can try putting chlorine in the river to make it clean?

[@shahrukhkhan8307]

@@leuisisstdifliege sewage waste can't be cleaned by chlorine. Human waste is filled in that river that's why Paris smells soooo bad.

[@leuisisstdifliege]

@@shahrukhkhan8307 oh ew

[@kriskooi4610]

Dude horseback riding in the gardens of Versailles made me dreaming to be a rider 😢😢

[@wmno]

Your videos are amazing, keep up the good work man

[@MegaBuildsYT]

Thank you, will do!

[@juliamacdonald3767]

This a good video. Factual, well paced, well voiced. Really good, appropriate photos with good labels and graphics. No filler, no repetition. Good job.

[@borge2014]

Excellent video commentary, good pace, informative, intelligent, great visuals, and a terrific voice. I'd watch it again.

[@livingthelava]

Awesome awesome video. Thank you.

[@jerrylavalley32]

We were in Paris in August, 2023, and we didn't see anything resembling construction around the area of the Seine, Notre Dame, Alexander Bridge, I was surprised that the Olympics were going to be there 11 months later. We had a picnic along the Seine right by the Alexander Bridge and it was a sesspool, so I hope they can pull it off!! BTW, we had a wonderful time in the City of Lights, cant wait to go back!!

[@entropzia9944]

I have been watching your channel for years and I’m so excited for you to reach 1 million subscribers! (I just realized I’m not subscribed so I just did that) (Also it’s cool that you started showing your face on camera)

[@MegaBuildsYT]

Thanks a lot for the support! 😌

[@MxX3MtT]

This is so impressive. So excited to see the Olympics in Paris

[@leowindow]

I think it's really exciting that many sports will take place outside or in the middle of Paris. Paris is known for its creativity! It's going to be great! I'm excited. 🥇 🥈 🥉

[@chrislomon9761]

Of course, Paris will be ready in the summer. Yes challenges are huge but …beside Security and a few traffic jams, …infrastructures and organization of events can’t fail. Paris and France know how to plan.

[@sylvain3625]

With Macron ??? Looool

[@Mat2000IPAD]

@@sylvain3625yes Even with Macron,

[@annabarr1304]

I'm just worried about garbage and rats.

[@Misterjingle]

@@annabarr1304 Honestly, I go to Paris twice a year, never saw any rats. I'm sure they exist, but you can truly spend days without seeing one

[@chrislomon9761]

@@annabarr1304 rats are more numerous than any human beings in big cities on earth…

[@funnyunkle]

another great video. Thank you. comment on the olympics however. I am a fan of idea of the olympics and follow winter more than summer so it will be fun to see breakdancing and how tahiti will be used for surfing. The budging for the games always balloons and not a single games has been ever close to estimate budgets. and the after games purposing almost never stays as what is planned so it will be interesting to see what happens ever. It also will be interesting to see how the dissidence of france's residences about the games will be.

[@theophaneleclerc4495]

2.1 millions inhabitants is the population of the inner city limits (Paris Intramuros "inside the wall"), which is not a relevant number since the Olympics games wont be restricted to the city center but also extend to greater Paris, like you said, for example on the île de Saint Denis, Saint Denis, Versailles etc. So you need to add these 15 million visitors to the 12 million residents of the Paris metropolitan area. Knowing that Paris is one of the densest cities in the world, this could result in an enormous challenge and the security measures might make it even harder to roam freely in the city. That's why many Parisians (the more privileged ones) will leave the city as soon as the game starts, enjoying also the possibility to rent their apartment at an indecent price. While the middle class and labor class of the metropolis are facing the biggest housing crisis in the modern era due to speculation ...

[@VigneshDhakshinamoorthy]

Your voice is the fuel for this channel!

[@GalacticGamingYT13]

I always watch your videos and I love them so keep up the fantastic work!!! AND LETS GET TO 1 MILLON SUBSCRIBERS!🎉

[@thitwint2871]

I can’t wait for Olympic season 2024🎉🥇🏆🥇🏆🙏👍👏

[@philipmurphy2]

I like the video, Interesting about the Olympics

[@liamcollinson5695]

I think I prefer the use of temporary arenas in iconic areas over the classic spend tons of money on something that's abandoned a month or so later

[@anitaseah3452]

probably going to be the best olympics ever purely because of its stage

[@lacmc9]

worst*

[@Walkingandtravel123]

Nice cutting video 😍😍 ThaNKS🎄

[@paraboi8638]

Good video as always ❤

[@MegaBuildsYT]

Thank you! 💛

[@veronicavids]

This is going to look beautiful 😍

[@fffffff14]

GO GO GO OLYMPICS PARIS 2024 🔥

[@Jalmaan]

11:48 if you're suggesting adding more car lanes? It'll add to congestion rather than fixing it. It'll cause bottlenecks and therefore more chaos, therefore more delay. Building better infra for human speeds such as biking and walking makes perfect sense.

[@gridley]

Paris is such an attractive, historic city that one would assume a major sports event held in it would be a 10 out of 10. But today's Olympic games have a knack for being both better & worse than the host city. That has been the case with plenty of locations, even going back decades, such as Montreal or Athens. Or Beijing, Rio, Tokyo, much less cities holding the winter Olympics. London 2012 turned out good, but the money spent on its games may still have outranked its rating.

[@user-vu3np1pg9c]

Thank you

[@Athilgaming]

Congratulations on Hitting 1 million subscribers 🎉🎉(previous celebrating)

[@glscott3535]

Great video

[@oneandonlysound3453]

Paris will still be way safer and cleaner than L.A. lol.

[@bokswagen6777]

Not anymore… so many illegal immigrants homeless in the cities… so better stay at home … riots and chaos is inevitable … so many Islam Muslim everywhere

[@aclark903]

Paris faces far more of a threat from Islamists than LA does..

[@moosahashmi8459]

I love your videos top luxury

[@MegaBuildsYT]

Thank you very much :)

[@ScepticalBrit]

Paris will be absolutely fine, its a world class city which will deliver a magnificent Olympic games!!!

[@lacmc9]

every french person thinks its gonna be a disaster due to the faulty transport system.

[@KyrilPG]

@@lacmc9 Wrong, and I'm a perfect example of this. I'm French, I live in Paris and I'm pretty confident. Many Frenchies tend to be self loathing, self-pitying spoiled brats that take pleasure in self deprecating and whining. They even sometimes think that they live in a terrible place and that their life is much more difficult than in neighboring countries, even though half the world dreams of being in their shoes. It's exhausting... As usual, they complain and are convinced that the worst will happen, even though they have exactly zero evidence of that. Paris is one of, if not the most visited city on Earth, the core's population triples during the day on a normal working day. Plus, every summer there's a massive drop in population and the transit system runs in "light mode", especially in August. Frequencies and services are reduced and the network feels deserted. So, during the Olympics, many locals will be elsewhere on holiday as usual and the Olympic visitors will mostly replace them. The transit agency will run the network in super peak mode all day long, which offers a capacity well in excess of 10 million rides per day. 10+ millions !!! Another great point is that Olympic visitors don't have the same needs, they don't overflow the system twice a day during the morning and evening rush hours. It's spread much more evenly over the day, with peaks on certain events which the network is used to handle. Let's also not forget that there will be yet another line to serve one of the major arenas, the one in La Défense, with the opening of the first section of RER E's Western extension, plus gigantic new trains on this line. Several lines can each transport more than a million people every day. On the RER, line A carries 1.5 million riders on a weekday where there are 2 rush hours. If the peak is extended all day long the capacity is further increased. Line 14 of the metro can be operated all day long with a 80 or 85 second frequency on each side. And it has new 8-car trains. The other automated lines M1 & M4 can also be operated at peak frequency all day long. And for the other, non fully automated lines, drivers are scheduled with full teams and overtime during the games. Finally, as I said in a lengthy comment under this video : there's a mistake in the video, the Grand Paris Express gigantic metro expansion was never planned for the Olympics. The GPE was planned well before Paris even got selected for the games. The Paris Olympics committee then decided to use 2 of the first parts to be delivered and include them in the plans. The 2 parts being M14's extensions and the first section of M16/M17. Then, more than 3 years ago they saw it was going to be a bit short for M16/M17 and they decided *against* rushing construction. Instead they relocated events to other venues and planned something different. Nothing is behind schedule transportation wise : M14's extensions are set to open this spring, as expected. M16/M17's construction have been reorganized to deliver a much larger section in 2026, instead of 2 or 3 smaller ones in 2024 and 2027. So there's no surprise, everything that is needed in Paris Olympics committee's plan will be there.

[@nerminsnowhuseinbasic9340]

Man incorporating games and sports with the city is stunning amazing idea.

[@invcark]

Thanks Very much I love this video and have the most complete information on the web. To watch the Olympic opening ceremony at the Seine river do we have to buy tickets and if yes, where can we buy them?

[@markkrikelis7093]

nice video man

[@maksimsdjacuks8571]

Really waiting for the Olympic games)

[@wilddata]

Crazy to see the americans reaction when talking about Tahiti. Yes Tahiti is France, like Hawaii is usa

[@Kev4Kev]

But this is supposed to be in Paris

[@wilddata]

@@Kev4Kev so do you want to create giant waves on the Seine to have the surf event?

[@Kev4Kev]

@@wilddata This is the equivalent of having the games in New York City and having one game in American Samoa, or having the games in London and one game on Pitcairn Island or in Amsterdam and one game in Aruba. How would it have been done if the Olympics were in any other city? How would this have been handled in Sydney, Atlanta, Athens, London, Beijing, Seoul, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, St Louis, Stockholm etc?

[@wilddata]

⁠@@Kev4KevI get your point but the surf event is something very new, Los Angeles will probably have it in Huntington beach, but London, Moscow and plenty of other Summer olympics cities would never be able to organize the surf event locally

[@bebavincenzi8142]

Yes i'm probably going to watch them at least i'd love to and actually i live in north of italy so it will be a short distance

[@IHJANG-dc1es]

It is a revolution in the history of the Olympic Games.

[@familykaplan1341]

Great approach

[@thomascondon9549]

Love the info and a visual reminder that the narrator/writer is human.

[@sedwards7428]

great video

[@msbgone]

Come on 1M! Great vid! My cards are turned off, you should link any vids you suggest in your description area......

[@MegaBuildsYT]

Thank you! 😌 We forgot to link the card - will do that right now. We also linked the video in the description, it's called: Top 10 Megaprojects in Europe

[@msbgone]

Thanks, I might have missed those links!

[@NageshOdedara]

nice editing

[@miriammaldonado7296]

Amazing historical sites blended with sports, excellent combination! #MegaBuilds #Paris #Olympics #Summer2024 #Makeover #2024USA❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@INSIGHTCORNER.]

*your video is very good*

[@AntonEstradaBetankurt]

like your content

[@dominationsrebellion6433]

600000 peeps just for opening ceremony is just amazing 🤩

[@iilocked]

I’m hoping the atmosphere and play out is at least close to that of London 2012. Seems recently London has started be be regarded as the best games of all time over Sydney. I can fully see why, everything in the games was absolutely perfection

[@user-qz2np9do1n]

breaking is crazy!

[@camgrant1318]

Security will have to be super tight with what is happening around the world currently

[@jerrymiller9039]

They have open borders. That is not tight security

[@keithallen5795]

Its great to see creation. Not billions wasted on stupid wars. The French have amazing artist taste. Their making life beautiful.

[@DillonMinasian]

would love to see an in-depth video similar to this video on the 2028 LA Olympics

[@AL-lh2ht]

It’s kinda similar. Mostly reusing already made infrastructure. Some small amount of upgrades and new infrastructure. Probably will be one of the few Olympic to actually turn a profit like the US last few Olympics being one of the few ones to make money.

[@latinoheateddieguerrero7644]

The major difference is that LA will actually complete their new metro lines for their event. Not to mention that LA has the most expensive stadium in the world with plans to complete the most expensive area in the world this summer.

[@rebeccakravitz7711]

@@latinoheateddieguerrero7644Besides that American transportation projects are even worse at getting completed on time then ones in France

[@account-kc1gz]

And 2032 Brisbane

[@jonpetter8921]

@@latinoheateddieguerrero7644 Paris or Europe for that matter are miles miles ahead when it comes to public transport infrastructure though. And Paris OG is exactly the opposite of "most expensive stadium in the world" because they want to be as cheapest as possible while using iconic landmark places/monuments as venues and low carbon footprint.

[@PortugalZeroworldcup]

999k subs congratulations for 1m in advance

[@natalieprokesova2965]

I was in Paris just last week for the half marathon which had around 47 000 participants and honestly I felt the public transport already struggled a bit so I am really interested to see how they will manage during the Olympics. But I appreciate the effort to think about the longevity of the arenas.

[@goonymiami]

The difference might be that most parisians will leave the city. August if the time of the year most people go on vacation, so you don't have as many locals commuting to go to work. And as a guy who lives in Normandy, I know where many parisians will go. I guess this event will affect us too.

[@MrBallerinakaka]

Im Actually Proud of Olympics! What Makes Sporting Event Great! They're Really Evolved Since Inception of Athens 1896.

[@connorqdnb8090]

I feel that the surfing Olympics in Tahiti was brushed over too lightly. If France's mission is to truly be "carbon neutral" wouldn't they not build a new tower cemented into the reef via concrete foundations? Constructing such tower would cause unnecessary damage to the reef and marine ecosystem there. Not to mention there already is a wooden judging tower at Teahupo'o that has been used for judging for the past 15 years. It is stated that the reason France wants to build this tower is so that the judges can have AC. This doesn't sound too carbon neutral to me... I understand building new infrastructure with the idea that it would bring a new look and well being to a community but building such tower is not building any sort of reasonable infrastructure to be used indefinitely. The judging booth is a temporary, 4 day, use structure that will have no real boost to the community and come at the cost of the reef.

[@AdamGordon1]

You put the Italian flag on France at 0:41 😂

[@magilu11]

Nantes is also hosting some football matches.

[@tomworthington2774]

Like the idea of the opening and closing ceremonies. Concerned with the security more than anything, especially after the 2022 champions league final where fans were getting mugged. The police lost control of the situation then try and cover it up.

[@latebloomerabroad]

I'd planned for years to attend the 2024 Olympics because I could stay with my Parisian cousins, but I've decided not to. I'll see more of the events if I stay home and watch on t.v. and I live near Los Angeles, so I'll go to the 2028 Olympics there. I think my cousins want to leave Paris during the Games because the crowds will be terrible, so I'm going to visit them in the fall instead. But this update is very interesting, I was curious where all the events will be held.

[@invcark]

How sad! Paris Olympics is going to be wonderful. I am planning to go but I need more information about the events and tickets. I have been in Paris many times is a very interesting city . Last time I traveled there with my beautiful Yorkshire Daughter Pauline 🐶 but the cleaning staff in the hotels were not friendly They made Paris very hard to be in so that’s why I left. I rented a car and drove to Normandy, Brittany and Val d’loire then back to Paris.

[@marc-andregauthier5139]

ROWLANNN GAROW killed me.

[@rolmaguiland21]

Beautiful 😍 😍 😍 well done 👏 hope my country an other will 😉 😊 hope I can get apartment after 😊❤❤❤❤

[@madchad2]

Great video as always! Can you please turn up the volume gain on your videos before uploading to KZbin please? Can barely hear it on my laptop - have to plug in an aux speaker to get the volume high enuf. Gracias! 👍

[@janiekcarney5482]

This looks great for Paris. My favorite city.

[@LeagueofJay137]

Sounds cool

[@avkest]

This is how Olympic Games should be held going forward, seeing the issues we're having with sustainability and massive facilities being demolished or abandoned after sporting events. I love how they incorporate the city's unique character into the games.

[@ayoCC]

having a view of the historic sites while the games are going on is also much cooler. I think that every city should do this from now on. Like New York should find a way to show the empire state building, Hamburg should find a way to incorporate the outside of the Elbphilharmonie, Tokyo showing Mt Fuji. i guess the risk of outdoor events is the weather, either the sun is too hot or there might be rain. I would think that it's a problem if our top athletes aren't working in their optimal temperature, and instead are overheated. Then that really just messes up the conditions of the event i think

[@christine9122]

I am glad that the city is actually being cleaned. I hope the Athlete's village will be/can be used by normal people living in France in the future for housing, not an extravagant accommodation. Also, I really hope that the river and all streets of Paris will be clean before, during, and after the Olympics.

[@FabEsUk]

It's planned to be social housing after the Olympics

[@joes7930]

Should be a Security nightmare

[@SunnyEntity]

Can't wait to ride a river boat in Saint Denis.

[@Emi_LDA]

I think Paris should have waited, because many of the projects in the pipeline for the Olympics will not actually be finalized until the 2024-2028 period (notably metro lines that will not be completed for the Olympics)

[@KyrilPG]

The metro lines were never intended for the Olympics! It was launched way before Paris was chosen for 2024. The Paris Olympics committee proposed to use the first bits that should have been delivered during the bid. The major extensions of M14 will open this spring, RER E's Western extension will open around that time too. Only the first section of M16/M17 will be missing, and the organization has been aware of that for years, so they relocated the concerned events to other venues long ago. As of today, everything needed for the games seems to be on time.

[@MICHALMALACHOVSKY]

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW

[@pmdaguet]

I will be there! Well, I live right there 😅

[@Bobbysworld22]

Paris streets can NOT handle the influence of traffic I was there in 2019 and the traffic was bad I can only imagine what it will be like for the Olympics

[@Andrew-bd8dc]

Could you please do a similar video for the 2028 LA Olympics once you have all the information

[@account-kc1gz]

No, they jump to 2032 Brisbane

[@melBcoy]

I'll be there! 😅

[@shanicestella2226]

I know most public stereotyping the Olympics as a megaevent to showcase sports , drama and competitiom but it is also a mega project to branding a city

[@Furyflow]

Why is there a shot from Limmat river and Letten Badi in Zurich at 8:31 😂

[@tahsin_0348]

The Paris Olympics is overall the best organized Olympics so far. It's regrettable that the line 15 sud will not be ready in time but the extensions of line 14 and RER E will both be ready, and those are a game-changer! Also, contrary to what you said, I think the construction of cycling paths is the one thing that's gonna allow the city to truely cope with the influx of people, not just for the Olympics but for the future as well. It's just a pity that Paris didn't have a biking culture like other European cities like Amsterdam or Copenhagen, but fortunately the city has decided to act QUICKLY and effectively built many kilometers of cycling lanes in a very short time: that's a great achievement! And as the saying goes: better late than never. I definitely think that the budget could have been controlled better, cause 9 billion is still fucking too much! Especially considering most of the stuff is already existing. The 2 billions for the Olympic village were due to the fact that those buildings are made of wood: I'm all for sustainability but there isn't only environmental, there's also economical sustainability!

[@danielpunt]

Very smart approach. France will get a great ROI from this investment. Sorry to be a dork. Smart choice to use existing venues and cultural landmarks.

[@cristiangmuruanorwood4930]

I want to be there!!!! Someone take me!!!!

[@Superkyllingibsen]

I'm going to Paris end of may to propose to my girlfriend, and none of us care much about the Olympics. I'm starting to worry how the preparations might affect our trip lol, e.g. we planned visiting Foire du Trone, which now is not possible due to the preparations.

[@Sport3ScienceFinance]

Hope to attend Olympics. Nevertheless finding some accomodation is an uphill strugle🤐

[@SCUBA_5teve]

Hopefully locals will take leave and go on holiday. I'll be there in 30 days so I look forward to seeing the preparations.

[@qiqisongs]

The only thing i cannot imagine is the traffic. Paris is usually extremely congested. I have no idea how congested it can get during the olympic.

[@sarunasj1463]

don't forget all the complimentary bedbugs lol

[@MassiveBuild]

nice video. also ,The Games will have an equal number of male and female athletes for the first time, with 329 medal events in total

[@adamosipov-yv4qu]

Going to Paris for the second time in 5 days

[@DonttrustmeHans16]

Best olympic