2018 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony

Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony: Facts & Schedule

Closing Ceremony Date	February 25, 2018 (Sunday)
Closing Ceremony Start Time	20:00 KST (UTC+9)
	US (EDT) 6:00 (Sunday, Feb 25)
	Canada (EDT) 6:00 (Sunday, Feb 25)
	Russia (MSK) 14:00 (Sunday, Feb 25)
	UK(GMT) 11:00 (Sunday, Feb 25)
	Australia (Canberra ACT) 22:00 (Sunday, Feb 25)
Time Zone	(UTC+9)
Venue	PyeongChang Olympic Stadium
Address	South Korea, Gangwon-do, Pyeongchang-gun, Daegwalnyeong-myeon, 수하리 166-16
Phone	+82 33-350-2018
Capacity	35,000
Ticket Cost	￦220,000 to ￦950,000
Next Winter Olympics Host City	Beijing, China

About 2018 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony

The closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2018, at the PyeongChang Olympic Stadium in South Korea. The closing ceremony would be held at 20.00 (KST). The handover of the Olympic flag will take place at the closing ceremony. Seok-Rae Lee, the mayor of PyeongChang, will pass the flag to Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee. Bach would then handover the flag to Chen Jining, the mayor of Beijing. Both the opening and closing ceremonies would host numerous artistic and cultural events.

How to reach PyeongChang Olympic Stadium?

It is easy to reach PyeongChang Olympic Stadium by air, rail or road. Majority of the international visitors will reach the country via the Incheon International Airport, which is in the South Korean capital of Seoul. From here, tourists can avail the services of Korail, a high speed rail line which takes approximately 90 minutes to reach PyeongChang.

Olympic Closing Ceremony Ticket Prices

You can buy tickets from the Authorized website https://tickets.pyeongchang2018.com/ of the Winter Olympics 2018, PyeongChang. There is complete information available on the site right from the venue of the game to the actual pricing of tickets. The ticket cost for closing ceremony in PyeongChang Olympic Stadium ranges from ￦220,000 to ￦950,000.

Olympic Closing Ceremony Protocol

The closing ceremony takes place in a stadium after all events have been completed. The flag bearers of the participating nations enter the stadium in single file. Behind them, the athletes march together, without distinction of nationality, and hence demonstrating their unity.

The President of the IOC and the President of the Organising Committee of the Olympic Games mount the podium. To the sounds of the Greek national anthem, the Greek flag is hoisted on the flagpole to the right. The flag of the host country is then hoisted on the central flagpole while its anthem is played. Finally, the flag of the host country of the next Olympic Games is hoisted on the left flagpole to the strains of its anthem.

The mayor of the host city joins the President of the IOC on the dais and returns to him the Olympic flag. The president of the IOC then entrusts it to the mayor of the host city of the next Olympic Games. This flag must be displayed in the latter city's main municipal building. After an address by the President of the OCOG, the President of the IOC gives the closing speech of the Olympic Games.

The Olympic flame is extinguished, and while the Olympic anthem is played, the Olympic flag is slowly lowered from the flagpole and carried out of the arena, followed by the flag bearers as a farewell song resounds.
Last Update On : January 8th, 2018