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A light show is projected from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo wants to make Olympic rings permanent on the Eiffel Tower

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Tom Cruise is lowered on the State de France during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Paris takes one more bow as Olympics close with star-studded show, including Tom Cruise stunt

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Athletes play at the Tour Eiffel stadium that will host the Beach Volleyball on the Champs-de-Mars, at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, Wednesday July 24 2024. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

Eiffel Tower stadium wows Olympic beach volleyball players: ‘I got goosebumps’

By Tom Nouvian - Associated Press

FILE - The Olympic rings are set up on Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, a day after the official announcement that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be in the French capital, in Paris, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. The organizers of the Paris Games say the Olympic rings will be displayed on the Eiffel Tower. The five-ring creation is 29-meters long and 15-meter high, made entirely of recycled steel, the Games organizers said in a statement Monday April, 8, 2024. (AP Photo//Michel Euler, File)

Olympic rings for Paris Games to be displayed on the Eiffel Tower

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Visitors stand at the closed gates leading to the Eiffel Tower, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024 in Paris. Visitors to the Eiffel Tower were turned away for the second consecutive day because of a strike over poor financial management at one of the world's most-visited sites. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Striking workers again close down the Eiffel Tower ahead of its starring role in the Paris Olympics

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A board advertises a strike at the Eiffel Tower Monday, Feb. 19, 2024 in Paris. Visits to the Eiffel Tower were disrupted on Monday Feb. 19, 2024 because of a strike over poor financial management of the monument, which is one of the world's most-visited sites. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Strike at the Eiffel Tower closes one of the world’s most popular monuments to visitors

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French policemen patrol near the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Less than a year before the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, with an opening ceremony on the nearby Seine river, the bar was already high. But the security challenge went up with the deadly weekend knife attack that killed a tourist near the Eiffel Tower, a tourist magnet that is the symbol of Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

French police address fear factor ahead of the Olympic Games after a deadly attack near Eiffel Tower

By Elaine Ganley - Associated Press

People walk on the Iena bridge leading to the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Thursday, June 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) **FILE**

Pair of American tourists spend the night on Eiffel Tower after passing out drunk

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Russian tourists, one holding a bottle of Champagne, talk to police officers securing the bridge leading to the Eiffel Tower, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 in Paris. Paris police have blockaded the area around the Eiffel Tower after a phone-in bomb threat. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Paris police briefly evacuate Eiffel Tower after bomb threat

By MICHEL EULER - Associated Press

Fireworks illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris during Bastille Day celebrations late Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Bastille Day marks the July 14, 1789, storming of the Bastille prison by angry Paris crowds that helped spark the French Revolution. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

France tourism: Disneyland, Eiffel Tower top floor reopen

Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, March 30, 2019 file photo, a man holds a French flag as French with the Eiffel Tower in the background, during protests in Paris. Paris is wishing the Eiffel Tower a happy birthday with an elaborate laser show retracing the monument's 130-year history. First, the monument invited 1,300 children to a giant &quot;snack time&quot; Wednesday, May 15 beneath the tower dubbed the Iron Lady. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, file)

Happy 130th birthday, Eiffel Tower: Laser show for Iron Lady

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Riot police run past burning dustbins set on fire by yellow vest protesters as they keep pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron's government, for the 13th straight weekend of demonstrations, in Paris, France, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

The Latest: French minister ‘disgusted’ by protester attacks

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A demonstrator holds a yellow jacket as he protests at the toll gates on motorway at Biarritz southwestern France, Thursday, Dec.6, 2018. Paris police and store owners are bracing for new violence at protests Saturday, despite President Emmanuel Macron's surrender over a fuel tax hike that unleashed weeks of unrest. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Eiffel Tower to be closed as Paris braces for more protests

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Tourists walk past the Eiffel Tower, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 in Paris. The visitors descending on the Eiffel Tower at the peak of the August tourist season are voicing frustration that the beloved Paris monument is closed. Since Wednesday, Eiffel Tower workers have been on strike over the new visitor access policy, which they say is responsible for inordinately long queues.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Tourists frustrated as Eiffel Tower closes in peak season

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People cool off as they walk along the fountain of Warsaw near Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, Wednesday, Aug, 1, 2018. Temperatures in Paris are forecast to reach 3O degrees C (86 F) on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Eiffel Tower shuts down as employees strike over ticket plan

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Bernard Gaudillere, president of the SETE, Eiffel Tower Exploitation Society poses in front of a new security bulletproof glass barrier under construction around the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, Thursday, June 14, 2018. Paris authorities have started replacing the metal security fencing around the Eiffel Tower with a more visually appealing glass wall. The company operating the monument said see-through panels are being set up instead of the fences at the north and south of the famed monument that were installed for the Euro 2016 soccer event. Each panel is 3 meters high, over 6 centimeters thick and weighs 1.5 ton. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Glass walls, not metal fencing, to surround Eiffel Tower

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

FILE- In this Friday, June 10, 2016 file photo, French riot police officers patrol under the Eiffel Tower, in Paris. A young French man who recently was discharged from a psychiatric hospital is under investigation for glorifying terrorism after he brandished a knife and tried to breach security at the Eiffel Tower, authorities said Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

Eiffel Tower suspect says he was in touch with IS member

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

With the River Seine in the foreground the illuminated Eiffel Tower in the French national colors red, white and blue in honor of the victims of the terrorist attacks last Friday, and Seine river are seen in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. A woman wearing an explosive suicide vest blew herself up Wednesday as heavily armed police tried to storm a suburban Paris apartment where the suspected mastermind of last week's attacks was believed to be holed up, police said. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

SUZANNE FIELDS: The radical Islamic challenge to Western civilization

By Suzanne Fields

$1M pair of watches tops Neiman Marcus gift list

By JAMIE STENGLE - Associated Press

Brady White, portraying Santa Claus, left, and model Kit Johnston display the private dinner for 10 gift with four world renowned chefs preparing the meal during the unveiling of the Neiman Marcus 2012 Christmas Book in Dallas, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. The meal that includes a Casa Dragones tequila tasting is priced for sale at $250,000. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Neiman Marcus offers hen house, Spider sports car, $1M pair of watches for Christmas

By Jamie Stengle - Associated Press