2018 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Paralympics took place at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea on March 9, 2018. at 20:00 KST
Preparations
The site of the opening ceremony, Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium, was built specifically for the games. It seated 35,000. No Olympic or Paralympic events were held there. It was only used for the opening and closing ceremonies.Proceedings
Parade of Nations
Competing countries entered the stadium in alphabetical order based on their names in the Korean language, with the host country, South Korea, concluding the march. Coincidentally similar to the Olympics, Greece enters at the start of the parade.Dignitaries in attendance
- President of Korea Moon Jae-in and First Lady Kim Jung-Sook
- United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen