2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony the Opening Ceremonies, for example in the last Olympics before that, in Salt Lake City, where banners of the previous 18 Winter Olympics entered Rice-Eccles Stadium at the beginning of the ceremony. This would also be seen in Vancouver during the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics and on the Televised version of the Olympic Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The first speech came from Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, the chief organizer of the Athens 2004 Olympics and the first female chief organizer of an Olympic games. She told the athletes: "Welcome home!" and "Greece is standing before
2014 Asian Games opening ceremony 2014 Asian Games opening ceremony The 2014 Asian Games opening ceremony was held on Friday, 19 September 2014. It began at 6:00pm Korea Standard Time (UTC+9) and ended at 11:29pm. The ceremony took place at newly built Incheon Asiad Main Stadium. The ceremony shows a perfect combination of Asian tradition with latest innovation. The ceremony has been directed by renowned Im Kwon-taek and Jang Jin with the performances being divided into four acts that will depict Asia’s past, present and future. It will include topics like Asia long time ago, Asia meeting through the sea, Asia as family and friends