3. Introduction
The first modern olympic game revived in Athens
1896.
After leading all voting rounds,
Athens easily defeated Rome in the
5th and final vote.Athens was
choosen as the host city during the
106th IOC Session hold in Lausanne
on 5 September in 1997
Greece was the smallest country ever
to host the largest event of the
world.
4. BUDGET
Athens has a budget of 1,962 billion Euros.
88% of the Athens’ budget comes from broadcast
rights,sponsoring,licencing programmes and ticket
sales.
Only 12% comes from the greek state.
International Sponsors Grand National Sponsors
More than €300 million from
grand national sponsors.
Approximately €270 million
from international sponsors.
5. Construction
-The Olympic Stadium was completed with a retractable glass roof designed by
Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. completed only 1 month
before the games started
-The rail projects were upgrated and metro could move approximately 1
million passengers a day by the summer of 2004.
Completed in late july
of 2004.
-The new Airport of Eleftherios Venizelos opened in March 2001.
Voted as one of the three best airports in the world - according to
the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
-The enviromental projects such as,managing waste water, renovation of
buildings, tree planting and the upgrading of public areas.
-More than 8new buildings were constructed for Olympic games.
-Greece built a village for attendees.It included 2,292 apartments
8,814 rooms
17,428 bed
6. ACCOMMODATION
Greece built a town to house the 17,000 athletes and sports
officials, while a 200,000 square meter Press Village situated at
Maroussi, closer to the Olympic Stadium. Spectators used rooms in
hotels and private homes.
During the game time,30.000 room were available.
SECURITY
Despite wide approval for Athens as Olympic host, countries
including the United States have voiced concerns about security.
Greek government hired Peter Ryan who was the security chief at
the Sydney Olympics.
They spent huge amount of money for security infrastructures.
7. General Facts and Figures
• 13-29 August 2004
• 28 sports
• 35 competition venues
• 301 medal ceremonies
• 72 Olympic training facilities throughout Greece
• 10,500 athletes and 5,500 team officials
• 202 National Olympic Committees (NOC’s) - (199 in
Sydney)
• 4 billion TV viewers
• 5.3 million ticketed spectators
9. List of Venues
OAKA, Athens Olympics Sports Complex
Helliniko Olympic Complex
Athens Centre
Faliro Coastal Zone Complex
Coastal Zone
Schinias and Marathonas area
Markopoulo
Goudi Olympic Complex
Galatsi Olympic Hall
West Attica
Football in Olympic Cities around Greece
Olympia Stadium
12. The games left Athens with an
expanded subway system,a new
airport and encouraged other
transportation infrastructures .
Upgrated city,renovated
buildings.
13. After the olympics
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August 2003,Greek Embassy reported that the Olympic Games of 2004 will
increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 1.3% at the year 2004.
