Opening Ceremony in Prime Time: How to Watch and What to Expect

If you are in the United States and did not get up at dawn on Friday, watch the opening ceremony from TokyoYou will have another chance to see the splendor and tradition played in front of an almost empty stadium.

NBC is planning live broadcast Held at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time on Friday evening, the ceremony allows American audiences to see athletes parade and waving from empty seats, talks, dances, and Olympic cauldron lights. Organizers limited the crowd at the stadium to around 10,000 people – most of them members of the news media, dignitaries and volunteers. This is well below the 68,000-seat capacity at the venue.