HIGHLIGHTS:1.

The U.K. is hosting the opening ceremony.2.

The opening ceremony will be held in front of a giant black screen with an American flag.3.

There will be more than 30 people in the stadium and thousands more at the start of the ceremony.4.

There are many more people on the streets of London than in Sochi for the opening of the Games.5.

The British Olympic Association is trying to convince the IOC to cancel the Games in London, which it says will cost the British economy tens of billions of pounds ($1.3 trillion).6.

The UK has an estimated 2 million Olympic spectators.7.

The Olympics opening ceremonies will be streamed live on NBC, NBCSN, the ABC, ESPN, CBS, FOX and BBC.8.

The IOC will decide in a secret ballot whether the U, Australia, Russia, Canada, the U of A, New Zealand, South Africa and Greece will host the games.9.

The Opening Ceremony will be broadcast in full on NBCSN on Monday at 5:00 p.m.

ET and on the NBC Olympic channel on Tuesday at 7:00 a.m., with live streams of all four Olympic venues, including the Olympic Village, being available at NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app and other platforms.10.

In addition to the U’s and Australia’s Olympic opening ceremonies, the British Olympic team will also be holding a ceremony on Wednesday to mark the 100th anniversary of the London Summer Games.11.

On Wednesday, Olympic officials will hold a news conference to announce that the London Games will begin on Wednesday, July 5, 2024, at 5 p.mm.

ET.12.

The Games will be televised live on the Olympic Channel in more than 200 countries, and online in more that 1,300.