LOS ANGELES (AP) — The previous chairman of Walt Disney Tv and head of twenty first Century Fox has been employed to supervise the opening and shutting ceremonies for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and Paralympics.
LA28 organizers stated Wednesday that Peter Rice will function head of ceremonies and content material and be answerable for the artistic imaginative and prescient and bodily manufacturing of the LA28 Video games, which run July 14-30, and the Paralympics, which run Aug. 15-27.
“Peter is without doubt one of the uncommon people whose experience seamlessly combines creativity, operational perception and manufacturing excellence to ship Ceremonies that can captivate audiences world wide,” stated LA28 president and chairperson Casey Wasserman, who will supervise Rice. ”He’s been a number one determine in shaping the fashionable tv and movie panorama and is the proper asset to reimagining the supply of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the digital age, leaving a legacy properly past the Video games.”
The opening ceremony be held July 14 at 8 p.m. ET, with occasions on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. The closing ceremony shall be July 30 at 9 p.m. ET on the Coliseum.
“I look ahead to delivering Ceremonies that honor the legacy of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and have a good time the cutting-edge way forward for the 2028 Stadium,” Rice stated. “These venues have hosted among the most legendary moments in sports activities historical past, and I’m thrilled to ship a strong inventive expertise that provides a brand new chapter to LA’s Olympic and Paralympic story.”
Rice, a British-American, started his profession at twentieth Century Fox in 1989, rising by the ranks earlier than being promoted to president of twenty first Century Fox in 2017. Following Disney’s acquisition of the corporate, Rice grew to become chairman of Walt Disney Tv and chairman of Basic Leisure for The Walt Disney Co.
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