2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony

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2000 Summer Olympics
closing ceremony

Date	1 October 2000
Time	19:00 to 22:01 AEST (UTC+11)
Venue	Stadium Australia
Location	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°50′50″S 151°03′48″E / 33.84722°S 151.06333°E / -33.84722; 151.06333
Also known as	Let's Party!
Filmed by	Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organisation (SOBO)
Participants	114,714 in attendance
Footage	Sydney 2000 Closing Ceremony - Full Length on YouTube

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The 2000 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony was held on 1 October 2000 in Stadium Australia. As with the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony was directed by Ric Birch as Director of Ceremonies while David Atkins was the Artistic Director and Producer. The Closing Ceremony was attended by 114,714 people, the largest attendance in modern Olympic Games history. The ceremony celebrated Australiana; Australian cultural celebrities, icons, media, and music, with floats designed in the style of Reg Mombassa.^[1] Around 2.4 billion watched the telecast of the closing ceremony.

Then IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch declared in his concluding remarks (and his last remarks at an Olympic Games) that the 2000 Olympic games were the best Summer Olympics ever.^[2]