Access to the perimeter of the route of the opening ceremony of the Games, bordering the Seine, becomes accessible upon presentation of a digital pass from this Thursday until July 26. “Libé” explains the terms and conditions.
326,000 spectators and 10,500 athletes expected for a historic opening ceremony, it’s being prepared. The internal security and counterterrorism perimeter (Silt) will be activated in Paris from this Thursday, July 18 and until Friday, July 26, 2024 in preparation for the opening ceremony of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Access to a second perimeter will also be regulated for motor vehicles. Libé details the operation of these protection perimeters, supposed to ensure the safety of spectators, athletes and local residents on the opening day of the Olympic Games.
Who is allowed to enter?
Only local residents, professionals and visitors (with proof of a hotel, museum or restaurant reservation, for example) will be able to access the grey perimeter, called “Silt”, the most restricted. Whether they are traveling on foot, by bike or by scooter, they will have to present a digital “Pass Jeux” pass to enter the area. Children under 13 are not required to have a pass. Athletes and spectators with a ticket, as well as accredited persons, will also be able to enter the protection perimeter. However, all will be subject to a search and pat-down procedure.
Entry into the zone is prohibited for motorized vehicles except for rare exceptions, and upon presentation of a digital pass. These exceptions include police and emergency vehicles, people working in the zone who cannot travel other than by vehicle, transport of people with disabilities whose home or professional activity is located within the perimeter or home caregivers in the event of an emergency or care of vulnerable people (list of exceptions on the police headquarters website).
In the red perimeter, pedestrians and cyclists will be able to move around freely. However, entry into the zone by motorized vehicle will be prohibited except for certain exceptions (list here), also subject to the presentation of a digital pass. Drop-off by taxi or VTC will be possible, upon presentation of proof from the customer.
Which areas are affected?
The gray protection perimeter concerns the banks of the Seine in Paris within the city walls, from the Pont Garigliano between the 15th and 16th arrondissements to the Pont de Tolbiac between the 12th and 13th arrondissements. It also includes the Trocadéro, the Champ-de-Mars, the Tuileries Gardens, the Louvre and Orsay museums, the Île de la Cité, and the Île Saint-Louis. From the Passerelle Debilly, opposite the Quai Branly, to the Pont d’Austerlitz, all crossing points from one bank of the Seine to the other are included in this security perimeter. The red zone encircles this more restricted perimeter. An interactive map available on the website anticiperlesjeux.gouv allows you to know, for a given address, whether it is affected by a security perimeter and to know the access conditions.
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What are the impacts on public transport?
The Concorde, Tuileries, Cité, Quai de la Rapée, Trocadéro, Passy, Châtelet, Alma-Marceau, Pont Neuf and Pont Marie metro stations will be closed from this Thursday until July 26. The Champs-Elysées-Clemenceau station will close from July 20 until the day of the opening ceremony.
On Friday, July 26, almost all of line 6 and all metro stations located near the Seine quays will be inaccessible, and bus stops in this area will not be served.
How to get the Games Pass?
The Games Pass, which contains the QR Code to be presented to access the areas concerned by the protection perimeters, can be requested online on the platform https://www.pass-jeux.gouv.fr. Identity documents and proof of the request must be provided. However, the Paris Police Prefecture does not always issue the permit. The site anticipategames.gov be sure not to wait until the last minute to make your request.
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