Euro 2020 opening marks return of mega-scale sports events
Italian fans watch the Euro 2020, soccer championship group A match between Italy and Turkey, on a mega screen set in downtown Rome, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Italian fans watch the Euro 2020, soccer championship group A match between Italy and Turkey, on a mega screen set in downtown Rome, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Jun. 11, 2021 05:30 PM EDT
Artists perform prior to the Euro 2020, soccer championship group A match between Italy and Turkey, at the Rome Olympic stadium, Friday, June 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)

Artists perform prior to the Euro 2020, soccer championship group A match between Italy and Turkey, at the Rome Olympic stadium, Friday, June 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)

Jun. 11, 2021 02:49 PM EDT
General view of the stadium during the opening ceremony prior to the Euro 2020 soccer championship group A match between Turkey and Italy at the Rome Olympic stadium, Friday, June 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)

General view of the stadium during the opening ceremony prior to the Euro 2020 soccer championship group A match between Turkey and Italy at the Rome Olympic stadium, Friday, June 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)

Jun. 11, 2021 02:50 PM EDT
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performs prior to the Euro 2020, soccer championship group A match between Italy and Turkey, at the Rome Olympic stadium, Friday, June 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performs prior to the Euro 2020, soccer championship group A match between Italy and Turkey, at the Rome Olympic stadium, Friday, June 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)

Jun. 11, 2021 02:57 PM EDT
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performs prior to the Euro 2020, soccer championship group A match between Italy and Turkey, at the Rome Olympic stadium, Friday, June 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performs prior to the Euro 2020, soccer championship group A match between Italy and Turkey, at the Rome Olympic stadium, Friday, June 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)

Jun. 11, 2021 02:51 PM EDT
Italian fans celebrate as they watch the Euro 2020, soccer championship group A match between Italy and Turkey, on a mega screen set in downtown Rome, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Italian fans celebrate as they watch the Euro 2020, soccer championship group A match between Italy and Turkey, on a mega screen set in downtown Rome, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Jun. 11, 2021 05:29 PM EDT
Turkish supporters play with a soccer ball in Rome's Piazza del Popolo hours before the start of the Euro 2020 soccer championship group A match between Italy and Turkey, at the Rome Olympic stadium Friday, June 11, 2021. Postponed by a year, the biggest sports event since the coronavirus brought the world to a halt kicks off Friday at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico, a milestone both for Europe and global sports. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Turkish supporters play with a soccer ball in Rome's Piazza del Popolo hours before the start of the Euro 2020 soccer championship group A match between Italy and Turkey, at the Rome Olympic stadium Friday, June 11, 2021. Postponed by a year, the biggest sports event since the coronavirus brought the world to a halt kicks off Friday at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico, a milestone both for Europe and global sports. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Jun. 11, 2021 07:44 AM EDT
Fans take selfies with their phone before the Euro 2020 soccer championship group A match between Turkey and Italy at the Olympic stadium in Rome, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Ettore Ferrari/Pool via AP)

Fans take selfies with their phone before the Euro 2020 soccer championship group A match between Turkey and Italy at the Olympic stadium in Rome, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Ettore Ferrari/Pool via AP)

Jun. 11, 2021 01:01 PM EDT
Italian fans celebrate as they watch the Euro 2020, soccer championship group A match between Italy and Turkey, on a mega screen set in downtown Rome, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Italian fans celebrate as they watch the Euro 2020, soccer championship group A match between Italy and Turkey, on a mega screen set in downtown Rome, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Jun. 11, 2021 05:28 PM EDT