Simone Biles to perform at Greensboro Coliseum following Olympic games in Paris (2024)

HEAT THAT WE’VE GOT COMING OUR WAY COMING UP. WELL TODAY THE ONE YEAR COUNTDOWN TO THE 2024 OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY IN PARIS STARTS TODAY. CERTAINLY EXCITING AS THOSE CELEBRATIONS AND PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IN FRANCE TO HOST THE GAMES AND SOME 15,000 ATHLETES. THAT IS WHERE WE FIND OUR AMY LU LIVE FOR US THIS MORNING. AMY, YOU’VE BEEN EXPLORING THIS CITY OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. IT’S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU LIVE FOR US. WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE THERE SO FAR. YEAH, AUDREY AND GET GREAT TO SEE AND HEAR FROM YOU GUYS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY IN PARIS. AND CHECK OUT OUR VIEW THIS MORNING. I MEAN, CAN YOU ASK FOR ANYTHING BETTER? HONESTLY, I DON’T THINK SO. BUT, YOU KNOW, LANDMARKS LIKE THE EIFFEL TOWER, THEY ARE ALL PART OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES. THE IDEA IS A MIX OF HISTORY, SPORTS. AND AGAIN, THESE LANDMARKS ALL AT THE HEART OF THE CITY, A DRY RUN ON THE RIVER CEN AS A BOAT CARRYING ATHLETES AND ORGANIZERS MARKED ONE YEAR TO THE OPENING CEREMONY. AS PARIS PREPARES TO HOST COMPETITION AT LANDMARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THIS CELEBRATION BROUGHT THE OLYMPIC TORCH TO ITS DESTINATION BEFORE IT’S LIT AND JOURNEYS ACROSS THE WORLD. RETURNING TO PARIS TO KICK OFF THE GAMES. ITS DESIGN SYMBOLIZES EQUALITY, PEACE AND ACCESSIBILITY. KEY ELEMENTS CENTRAL TO THE PARIS OLYMPIC THEME. THEY REALLY WANT THIS TO BE THE GAMES FOR EVERYONE AND TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE JUST TO SORT OF MOVE A BIT MORE AND INCORPORATE SPORT VALUES INTO HOW THEY GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY LIVES. THE TORCH MADE OF RECYCLED STEEL WILL CARRY A LOW CARBON FOOTPRINT, A NOD TO SUSTAINABILITY. ANOTHER GOAL OF THE GAMES. ALONGSIDE UNITY, THERE IS THIS UNIQUE POWER OF THE GAMES TO CELEBRATE THE FANTASTIC VALUES OF GATHERING PEOPLE. AT THE SAME TIME, THE IN THE SAME PLACE AND CELEBRATE THE BEST A CELEBRATION BRINGING TOGETHER HISTORY, SPORTS AND PEOPLE IN PARIS NEXT YEAR. AND GET THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OLYMPIC HISTORY, THE PARIS GAMES WILL HAVE A PERFECT PARODY OF ATHLETES THAT’S HALF BEEN AND HAVE WOMEN COMPETING. AUDREY, GREAT TO HEAR THAT. AND AMY, YOU’VE OBVIOUSLY TOURED SEVERAL LANDMARKS IN PARIS, TOO, OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU’VE SEEN AND TELL US THEIR ROLE THAT THEY’LL BE PLAYING IN THE OLYMPICS. AND AGAIN, AUDREY, THAT GOES BACK TO WHAT WE WERE SAYING ABOUT THIS COMBINATION NATION, YOU KNOW, MIXING BOTH OLD AND NEW TOGETHER, THESE HISTORIC LANDMARKS WITH THE OLYMPIC GAMES. THIS IS REALLY UNPRECEDENTED. AND I’LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE HERE. THE SUN, WHICH YOU SEE RIGHT BEHIND ME, IS THE RIVER THAT FLOWS THROUGH THE HEART OF THE CITY. AND THAT IS GOING TO BE CLEANED UP IN TIME FOR THE OLYMPICS. THAT’S THE GOAL IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR MARATHONS, SWIMMING AND THE SWIMMING PORTION OF THE TRIAL. THERE’S ALSO VERSAILLES PALACE, ONCE FOR ROYALS, NOW FOR REQUEST AND SPORTS, AS WELL AS THE MARATHON ROUTE RUNNERS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT AS THEY PASS BY. AGAIN, RUNNING THROUGH THE HEART OF THE CITY. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE EIFFEL TOWER. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THAT AT THE BASE OF IT WILL HOUSE WILL HAVE BEACH VOLLEYBALL. SO, AGAIN, UNPRECEDENTED. WE’VE NEVER HAD AN OLYMPIC GAMES THAT’S INCORPORATED SO MUCH OF WHAT IT ALREADY HAS. IN FACT, PARIS 2024 IS BUILDING ONLY TWO NEW VENUES IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE REMAINING SPORTS AND SPECTATORS WHO ARE COMING FROM ALL ACROSS THE WORLD. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE MORE COVERAGE FOR YOU GUYS, OF COURSE, IN THE WEEKS, MONTHS AND YEAR AHEAD LEADING UP TO THE PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES RIGHT H