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Get ready to watch at the 2024 Summer Olympics like you’ve never seen them before — on the big screen. For the first time in Olympics history, the will be screened in movie theaters across the country. More than 150 theaters are live broadcasting the opening ceremony on July 26.

And beginning on July 27, 160 AMC Theatres nationwide will be screening selected live daytime coverage from NBC each day through the end of the Games on Aug. 11. “Sports fans like to cheer together, and during the last [Summer] Olympics, we noticed the watch parties across the United States that NBC showcased during their coverage,” Ryan Noonan, vice president of corporate communications at AMC Theatres, told Yahoo Entertainment.



“Whether it was a hometown crowd coming together to cheer on their local Olympic athlete or youth sports clubs gathering to root for their favorite competitors, there was clearly interest in these gatherings and group watch parties.” The growing popularity of virtual watch parties inspired the partnership of NBC and AMC Theaters to bring the Olympic games to the big screen, he said. “This is a whole new ball game,” , host of and professor emeritus at USC School of Cinematic Arts, told Yahoo, explaining that bringing live sporting events to the big screen is a “win-win” for everyone.

The Olympics opening ceremony on July 26 will be broadcast live for the first time ever at select IMAX theaters nationwide, . This year’s ceremony will be a four-mile-long tr.

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