No ticket for 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony? NBC 7s Steven Luke found options NBC 7 San Diego [Video]

While 300,000 lucky ticket holders got tickets to view the Opening Ceremony along the River Seine in Paris, thousands of others — including a few San Diegans NBC 7’s Steven Luke crossed paths with — attended watch parties at more than two dozen sites across the city, including at Parc Monceau in the City of Light’s 8th Arrondissement.

The viewing sites at the 26 locations and free, with sports and activities on location as well as giant screens that will feature broadcasts of the competitions.

While the sites are open, there is still security to go through, something not everybody wanted to wait for. Luke saw several people jumping the barriers with security guards tracking down individuals, but at one point, a section of the barrier came down and what appeared to be about 50 people entered, not all of whom could be tracked down.