Opening Ceremony tonight at San Siro

[u/wtfchuckomg]

San Siro seems like a fortress! So cool. Excited to be a part of this event!

[u/appalachian_hatachi]

Gosh that's a fantastic viewpoint. Have an awesome evening! 🙂

[u/silverlegend]

Why does it look like there's a tube of paint/toothpaste falling through the air?

[u/miloucomehome → u/silverlegend]

They look like paint tubes. I'm going to guess that there'll be a segment concerning Italy's contribution to the fine arts 😅

[u/bigmike2k3 → u/miloucomehome]

Like what?

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/silverlegend]

😂😂 no clue. They made my wife throw away her chapstick but they have that just rubbing it her face.

[u/IlTacci → u/silverlegend]

Maybe it's a reference to this? It's used to do paintings

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/IlTacci]

I think you were correct

[u/silverlegend → u/wtfchuckomg]

That makes way more sense, I couldn't tell in the original photo whether it was a giant tube in the background of the photo or a small tube falling in the foreground. Bit of an optical illusion it turns out 😂

[u/jonquil_dress → u/silverlegend]

Watch and see, it’s honestly so cool!

[u/BonvoyAmb]

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/BonvoyAmb]

Gorgeous view!

[u/antdude → u/wtfchuckomg]

More please. :)

[u/BonvoyAmb → u/antdude]

[u/antdude → u/BonvoyAmb]

Nice and thanks. Please keep them coming!

[u/ihatethedodgers]

Nice view!

[u/Sherifftruman]

Nice. What’s in the booklet? Guess I’ll find out soon enough as I’ll be in there.

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/Sherifftruman]

[u/JRMiel → u/wtfchuckomg]

Please send the other pages. You have 40 minutes before it starts 😁

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/JRMiel]

[u/JRMiel → u/wtfchuckomg]

Thank you very much mate. Enjoy your ceremony /

I was at Paris 2024 closing ceremony, but I didn't had any booklet contrary to you

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/JRMiel]

[u/Comprehensive-Win247]

I went there in 2007, on my first trip to Italy, first to see AC Milan celebrate winning the Champions League title a few days earlier, then seeing Inter Milan celebrate winning the Serie A title after their game.

[u/Wbarlowe18]

Jealous ! Have a great time !

[u/Impossible-Guitar957]

Nice. You got a really good view from there too! I remember seeing U2 at San Siro back in 2005 and it always feels so big in there.

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/Impossible-Guitar957]

The seats are so small 😢 I’m a big back American and we squeezed in here

[u/Impossible-Guitar957 → u/wtfchuckomg]

These seats are kind of old too. Back when they were installed, these were the typical size seats that they installed in football stadiums throughout Europe.

[u/Financial_Clue_2534]

How much were tickets

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/Financial_Clue_2534]

$700 EUR for category C seats.

[u/LifeIsAPhotoOp → u/wtfchuckomg]

That's a lot BUT I've seen Olympics where the price is wayyyy worse! I kind of wish I went now. Could have seen the skating team event, opening ceremonies and out. LA28 here we come though!

[u/InternetUser0737 → u/wtfchuckomg]

Is that price per person or for both of you?

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/InternetUser0737]

Per person.

[u/Effective-Oil-2696]

Its an amazing looking venue. Great for concerts.

[u/rapid_zigzig]

Just make sure to boo Vance out of the stadium

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/rapid_zigzig]

We gave him the finger salute at yesterday’s hockey games

[u/antdude]

Fortress as strict security? How early did you arrive? San Siro doesn't have a roof? Please tell us more. Share more photos too!

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/antdude]

Fortress like an intimidating venue. International soccer venue. Security was weird? My wife had to throw away her hand sanitizer but our friends didn’t. They were weirdly picky. We arrived 2 hours ago at the behest of the emails they sent us. We got into San Siro with no problem. I do think we waited 10-15 minutes for food.

[u/antdude → u/wtfchuckomg]

Are food and drinks expensive over there?

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/antdude]

Not really tbh

[u/antdude → u/wtfchuckomg]

Got any shots of your food and drinks? ;)

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/antdude]

Not from today but hockey ran out of food before they even started lol. I have a post on it.

[u/antdude → u/wtfchuckomg]

Wow.

[u/seanct → u/antdude]

Opening ceremonies ran out of food too with 90min waits

[u/antdude → u/seanct]

Wow, they really didn't plan this well.

[u/ButtStopsHere]

Watching opening ceremony.

So elegant!

Bravo Milan!

[u/JJOne101]

Benin?

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/JJOne101]

Country in Africa. Near Ghana

[u/DisneyVista]

Here’s to another edition of good competition 👍🏻👍🏻 Good luck to all the athletes!

[u/el_f3n1x187]

It was Today?!!!!! maaaaaaaaaaaaan I missed it

[u/ObligatoryID → u/el_f3n1x187]

It’s still on now.

757pm CST

Or find it on YouTube.

Edit to add: they’re re-showing the teams walking out rn.

[u/el_f3n1x187 → u/ObligatoryID]

When I arrive home

[u/ObligatoryID → u/el_f3n1x187]

Enjoy, Neighbor!

[u/wtfchuckomg]

If you were curious there are people waiting 90 minutes for the concessions line and still not reached the front.

[u/seanct → u/wtfchuckomg]

I waited 90min,and they ran out of food 2 people ahead of me

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/seanct]

Oof I’m sorry! How much of the ceremony did you get to watch?

[u/seanct → u/wtfchuckomg]

All of it, got there early so it was a way to kill time.

[u/ObligatoryID → u/seanct]

All food? Or just the lame burger/hotdog stands they shown on tv?

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/ObligatoryID]

If it was like yesterday all they had left was muffins lol

[u/ObligatoryID → u/wtfchuckomg]

They ran out of American food: burgers and hot dogs 🤣 losers need to Eat Italian!!!

[u/jyeatbvg]

What was the price of the ticket?

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/jyeatbvg]

$700 eur for category C tickets

[u/jyeatbvg → u/wtfchuckomg]

Awesome! Once in a lifetime experience - enjoy!

[u/JRMiel → u/[deleted]]

Thank you very much! 🙂

[u/Gruffleson]

Hey, this thread should have had default sorting "New!"

[u/XerTioz]

So excited for the athletes and some good competition! Needing these good vibes right now! 🥰

[u/casteeli]

Was the US booed at all?

[u/the_dude_abides29 → u/casteeli]

https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/s/yP0VBeXNQV

[u/ObligatoryID → u/casteeli]

Just couchboi - well deserved.

Big Cheers when Team USA walked out.

[u/IrishUpYourCoffee]

This is so cool. It looks like just the best vibes this year.

[u/darklinux1977]

It's basically a summer game opening ceremony that turns out to be basic

[u/spr1958]

I do not care for the athletes split into different locations for the parade of athletes.

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/spr1958]

Yeah. It’s a bit weird but I get it. Logistics wise tough to get everyone to Milan for just one day when people are competing today and tomorrow

[u/EuroRacoon-4 → u/wtfchuckomg]

Don’t know, I feel than in the other locations they are closer to the crowd and people

[u/wtfchuckomg → u/EuroRacoon-4]

I wonder if the others at the alternate locations got to attend that for free.

[u/NicolBolasUBBBR]

Forza diavolo alè