London 2012: By the Numbers

LONDON 2012:BY THE NUMBERS With the London Olympics just around the corner we thought now would be the perfect time to dive into the all important numbers behind the most prestigious sporting event on the planet 16.000 203 athletes from countries & territories will travel to the United Kingdom: was the cost of the London £400,000 220 2012 logo July Buildings demolished 27 4. ****Z500 to build the Olympic Park Opening Ceremony skeletons removed Military personnel attending The games are made up of 302 events across 26 sports 200,000 TOTAL WORKFORCE including 70,000 volunteers 23,500 security Who's paying the bills? Government 13% £2,012 National Lottery Cost of the most expensive opening ceremony seat Mayor of London 23% 64% 4 BILLION Estimated global audience for the opening ceremony 4.8 MILLION youtube 639,331 channel views Twitter followers of @London2012 75,000 Over 4000 smooth newts, 100 toads & 300 common lizards were rehomed during the Olympic Park build litres of milk will be consumed by the Olympic teams 2,818olympic apartments 64,000 bed sheets days it took the 150 O Olympic Bat boxes countdown clock to break 100% I walking cydling of spectators will be arriving by public transport 3rd time London will be hosting the games1908 19482012 Sources: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/video/2012jan/03/olympics-2012-numbers-animation http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17747643 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16708384 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics http://www.london2012.com/ DiscountCoder.com http://www.youtube.com/london2012 https://twitter.com#/London2012 http://www.london2012.com/media-centre/media-releases/year-2010/month=06/article= olympic-park-soil-washing-complete-and-green-build-on-track.html X 1000