Top Amazing Facts about the London Olympic in Number.

Let’s look at Arithmetic composition of the London Games, It’s trivia, Funny but Factual.

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Olympic Facts in Numbers/London 2012

1.         40 billion global audiences are expected to watch the opening ceremony.

2.         10 billion dollars was spent to host the London 2012 Olympics.

3.         10 billion pounds is expected revenue to be generated by the British ceremony.

4.         The London ceremony is expected to grow by 80 billion dollars by 2015.

5.         18 million meals in form of food and beverages are expected to be consumed daily.

6.         8 million tickets are to be for the Olympics and 1.6 million tickets for the Paralympics making a total of 9.6 million tickets.

7.         500,000 spectators are expected per day

8.         350,000 foreign visitors are expected per day

9.         200, 00 total workforce work on the games village.

10.       135,000 hotel rooms are available within 50km of the Olympic park.

11.       80,000 seats is awaiting the fans at the Olympic park.

12.       20,000 press/media will be in attendance.

13.       9000 planned park and ride spaces to be available at Ebbs fleet where spectators traveling by Euroster.

14.       The Olympic touch has 8000 cut out circles, representing the 8000 people that carried round the U.K.

15.       5, 250 people have been working on the Olympic park.

16.       3,600 is the number of apartment the games village will be built from the games village.

17.       1,200 new jobs to be generated at the Olympic park.

18.       205 buildings had to be demolished at the 2.5sq km Olympic park.

19.       70 organizations sponsor the London 2012 Olympics.

20.       31 competition venues will be utilized.

21.       26 Olympic sports will be played.

22.       19 Paralympics sports will be played.

23.       This year marked the 60^th anniversary of the Paralympics, 1948 is the first time the Paralympics and it took place in London.

24.       3 is the number of sides the Olympic torch have representing the 3 Olympic values of Respect, Excellence and Friendship. And the 3 words of the Olympic motto-Faster, Higher and Stronger so also the 3 vision of the London games of sports of Sports, Education and Culture.

25.       1908, 1948, and 2012 makes London to have hosted the Olympic 3 times.

26.       1kg is the weight of the Olympic torch and it is 800metres high.

LONDON 2012 MEN FOOTBALL FIXTURES

The Olympic Football game is a mirror of what the world cup 2014, it really worth it to follow  the next generation of football stars today and perhaps the men football Gold medal worth more than just a gold medal.

MEN OLYMPIC FOOTBALL FIXTURES

	Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
1.	GB	Mexico	Brazil	Spain
2.	Senegal	Korea Rep.	Egypt	Japan
3.	UAE	Gabon	Belarus	Morocco
4.	Uruguay	Switzerland	New Zealand	Honduras

FIXTURES

GROUP A

26/7/2012	UAE vs. Uruguay	6.00 p.m
26/7/2012	GB vs. Senegal	9.00 p.m
29/7/2012	Senegal vs. Uruguay	6.00 p.m
29/7/2012	GB vs. UAE	8.45 p.m
1/8/2012	Senegal vs. UAE	8.45 p.m
1/8/2012	GB vs. Uruguay	8.45 p.m

FIXTURES

GROUP B

26/7/2012	Mexico vs. Korea Rep.	3.30 p.m
26/7/2012	Gabon vs. Switzerland	6.15 p.m
29/7/2012	Mexico vs. Gabon	3.30 p.m
29/7/2012	Korea Rep. vs. Switzerland	6.15 p.m
1/8/2012	Mexico vs. Switzerland	6.00 p.m
1/8/2012	Korea Rep. vs. Japan	6.00 p.m

FIXTURES

GROUP C

26/7/2012	Belarus vs. New Zealand	8.45 p.m
26/7/2012	Brazil vs. Egypt	8.45 p.m
29/7/2012	Egypt vs. New Zealand	1.00 p.m
29/7/2012	Brazil vs. Belarus	4.00 p.m
1/8/2012	Brazil vs. New Zealand	1.00 p.m
1/8/2012	Egypt vs. Belarus	1.00 p.m

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            GROUP D

26/7/2012	Honduras vs Morocco	1.00 p.m
26/7/2012	Spain vs Japan	3.45 p.m
29/7/2012	Japan vs Morrocco	6.00 p.m
29/7/2012	Spain vs Honduras	8.45 p.m
1/8/2012	Japan vs Honduras	6.00 p.m
1/8/2012	Spain vs Morrocco	6.00 p.m

Aug 4                                                               1/4  FINAL

Winner Group D vs. 2nd Group C	1.00 p.m	Q1
Winner Group B vs. Runner up Group C	3.30 p.m	Q2
Winner Group C vs. 2nd Group C	6.00 p.m	Q3
Winner Group A vs. Runner up Group C	8.30 p.m	Q4

August 7

Winner QF 2 vs. QF 1	6.00 p.m
Winner QF 4 vs. QF 3	8.45 p.m

3rd PLACE

Aug 10

8.45 p.m

                                   

FINAL

Aug 11

4.00 p.m

                       

HOW MUCH IS THE OLYMPIC?

The cost of the Olympic Games (Summer and Winter) have been studied by Oxford scholars Bent Flyvbjerg and Allison Stewart. They found that over the past 50 years the most costly Games have been London 2012 (USD14.8 billion), Barcelona 1992 (USD11.4 billion), and Montreal 1976 (USD6 billion). Beijing 2008 may have been more costly or not; the Chinese authorities have not released the data that would allow verification of either position. Cost here includes only sports-related costs and thus does not include other public costs, such as road, rail, or airport infrastructure, or private costs, such as hotel upgrades or other business investments incurred in preparation of the Games, which are typically substantial but which vary drastically from city to city and are difficult to compare consistently.
Flyvbjerg and Stewart further found that cost overrun is a persistent problem for the Olympic Games:

• The Games overrun with 100% consistency. No other type of megaproject is this predictable regarding cost overrun. Other megaprojects – in construction, infrastructure, dams, ICT – are typically on budget from time to time, but not the Olympics.
• With an average cost overrun in real terms of 179% – and 324% in nominal terms – overruns in the Games have historically been significantly larger than for other types of megaprojects.
• The largest cost overruns have been incurred by Montreal 1976 (796%), Barcelona 1992 (417%), and Lake Placid 1980 (321%), all in real terms.
  • The data show that for a city and nation to decide to host the Olympic Games is to take on one of the most financially risky type of megaproject that exists, something that many cities and nations have learned to their peril. For example, cost overrun and debt from Athens 2004 substantially worsened Greece's financial and economic crises 2008–12. Montreal took 30 years to pay off the debt from the 1976 Games.
  Finally, Flyvbjerg and Stewart found that over the past decade, cost overrun for the Games has come down to more common levels for megaprojects. For the period 2000–2010 average cost overrun was 47%, whereas before that average overrun was 258%. However, London 2012 has reversed this trend with a cost overrun that, at 101% in real terms, is back in the three-digit territory. Going forward, the challenge for planners and managers of the Games will be to get cost overrbe to get cost overrun and costs back under control, and to reduce them further, conclude Flyvbjerg and Stewart.

TOP EPL TEAMS ON TOUR

The preseason as begin in Europe and most teams are preparing hard in order to have fruitful season, leaving their base to site their camps in abroad and also to maximize the commercial aspect of the preseason. The America and Asia continent are the main haven for most teams.

The following presents the preseason fixtures of your favorite teams 

Arsenal’s preseason fixtures

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
14/7/2012	Vs Anderlecht Vs Southampton	1-0 1-1 lost 4-5 on Pen.	Mary’s memorial’s cup
24/7/2012	Vs Malaysia XI	2:45 p.m
27/7/2012	Vs Man city	1 p.m	Winoly Cup
29/7/2012	Vs Kitchee	10 a.m
12/8/2012	Vs Cologne	5 P.m

Liverpool’s preseason fixtures

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
21/7/2012	Vs Toronto	1-1
25/7/2012	Vs Roma	11:30 p.m
28/7/2012	Vs Totenham	6 p.m
12/7/2012	Vs Bayern Leverkusen	3 a.m

Man City’s preseason fixtures

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
13/7/2012	Vs Al-hilal	0-1
17/7/2012	Vs Dynamo Dresden	0-0
27/7/2012	Vs Arsenal	1 p.m	Winoly Cup
30/7/2012	Vs Malaysia XI	7:45 p.m
31/8/2012	Vs Oldham athletic	7:45P.m

Chelsea’s preseason fixtures

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
19/7/2012	Vs Seatle Sounders	2-4
22/7/2012	Vs P.S.G	1-1
25/7/2012	Vs MLS all stars	2:55 a.m
28/7/2012	Vs A.c Milan	12:30 a.m
4/8/2012	Vs Brighton	4: 00 p.m
12/8/2012	Vs Man City	2:30 p.m

Man Utd’s preseason fixtures

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
18/7/2012	Vs Amazulu	1-0
21/7/2012	Vs Ajax capetown	1-1
25/7/2012	Vs Shangai Shenhua	1 p.m	Shangai China Cup
5/8/2012	Vs Valerenga	3p.m
8/8/2012	Vs Barcelona	7 p.m
11/7/2012	Vs Hannover	7:20 p.m

Totenham’s preseason fixtures

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
18/7/2012	Vs Stevenage	2-0
24/7/2012	Vs L.A Galaxy	3:30 p.m
28/7/2012	Vs Liverpool	6:00 p.m
31/7/2012	New York Red Bull	12:00 a.m
9/7/2012	Vs Valencia	8:00 p.m