
Not only will the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games be the most spread-out in history, so will the Feb. 6 opening ceremony, organizers said Thursday.
The Parade of Nations will feature athletes led by the national flagbearers not only in Milan’sSan Siro Stadium, which will be packed with 60,000 spectators, but also, for the first time in Olympic history, in three other locations: the mountain venues of Cortina, Predazzo and Livigno.