grand opening

noun

: a special celebration held to mark the opening of a new business or public place (such as a park or stadium)

Examples of grand opening in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Its centerpiece was an eight-foot-tall stone lantern given to then-Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley by Japanese sports columnist Sotaro Suzuki and his wife, Toku, who had attended the stadium’s grand opening in 1962. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

This weekend, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art—the new museum from filmmaker George Lucas and wife Mellody Hobson—held its splashy grand opening on Saturday evening, located in Los Angeles’s Exposition Park. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026

The South Shore Cocktail Club Facebook page has been posting regular updates through September as the business heads toward its grand opening. — Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2026

While attending the grand opening of the Skims flagship store in London, Kardashian turned heads in a figure-hugging corset dress, complete with a waist-high leg slit. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 18 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for grand opening

• reopening