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olympic games athens 2004
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- 2. Table of Contents -Introduction -Budget -Construction -GeneralFacts and Figures -Accomodation&Security -List of Venues -After Olympics -Budgets of projects -Conclusion
- 3. Introduction The first modernolympic 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 abudget 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 Stadiumwas 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 builta 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 andFigures • 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
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- 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
- 10. 2004 Summer OlympicSports Programme -Archery -Modern Pentathlon -Athletics -Rowing -Badminton -Sailing -Baseball -Shooting -Basketball -Softball -Boxing -Swimming -Canoeing -Synchronized Swimming -Cycling -Equestrian -Diving -Fencing -Football -Field Hockey -Gymnastics -Handball -Judo
- 11. Top ten nationsthat won medals in the 2004 Games
- 12. The games leftAthens with an expanded subway system,a new airport and encouraged other transportation infrastructures . Upgrated city,renovated buildings.
- 13. After the olympics ? 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.
- 15. what happened afterthe athletes went home?
- 16. Greece spent €1.5billion to stage the 2004 Summer Olympics, some of those once-gleaming venues are crumbling.