The Opening Ceremony will kick off at 19:00 on 29 January
The head of the State Fund ‘Directorate for preparation and holding of 28th World Winter Universiade-2017’ Mr Nail Nurov has shared some information about the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Universiade in Almaty.
- Of course, all the details relating to the Ceremony are a secret, - Mr Nurov said. – I can only say that it is going to be a very exciting and dynamic ceremony which will be held in compliance with the main standards and protocols of international sporting events and their opening ceremonies. There will be an athletes’ parade, a lot of beautiful design sets, fascinating choreography and vocal performances. I will reveal one secret to you. Only Kazakh artists, vocal performers, choreographers, set designers and technicians are involved in the Ceremony. This is also one of the most significant achievements of our project since we think that we can afford to do that and it is time for us to do so. Unfortunately, all who want to come to the Opening Ceremony will not be able to attend it and I apologize for that. The Almaty Arena’s seating capacity is 12000 seats but a lot of space has been taken up by design sets and technological solutions. Since we are hospitable hosts we must, first and foremost, make sure that there are enough seats for all spectators and their number is quite large.
I would like to invite those who will not be able to attend the Opening Ceremony to watch it on TV. Sometimes it feels more comfortable to watch a TV version of an event and it is more interesting, especially given the fact that the Ceremony will be broadcast with the help of a highly professional team that will have advanced technological solutions and art directors at their disposal. In other words it is going to be fun.
We would like to add that the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Universiade in Almaty will not last more than 2 hours. In our country it will be broadcast live by the Kazakhstan Channel.
