The 2014 World Cup opening ceremony begins on Thursday at 2:15 p.m. ET with a massive celebration. Watch the live stream below.
Brazil celebrates the opening of the World Cup ahead of Brazil and Croatia's match on Thursday. The festivities are expected to be star-studded with singers Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull expected to take the stage and perform.
"The Opening Ceremony is a tribute to Brazil and its treasures: nature, people, football," the show's artistic director Daphne Cornez told FIFA.com, via HollywoodLife. "The sense of excitement here is amazing and everyone is very motivated. It doesn't matter whether they're feeling tired or hot sometimes or if they have to go through routines again and again: they just keep on smiling. It's amazing."
Brazil's opening ceremony is expected to rival that of the Olympics, according to HollywoodLife. There is expected to be a massive light show with more than 90,000 light clusters and a "living" LED ball.
Watch the live stream HERE.
The ceremony will be followed by the World Cup opener in Sao Paulo between Brazil and Croatia, which begins at 4 p.m. ET. More details about the match, along with links to the live stream and radio broadcast, can be found HERE.
