Well, that's a wrap on the Paris Olympics! My friends at Wallethub.com have done all the work and laid out the Paris Olympics by the Numbers!
For Example:
- 100 years since the last Paris Olympics! The 3rd time the city has hosted (1900 and 1924).
- 10,500 Athletes from 206 countries competed.
- The medals are made from 18 grams of iron from the Eiffel Tower!
- 1 sport is made its debut, break dancing.
- 39 different venues were used to host the games, most of which will be repurposed after the conclusion.
- The estimated cost of host the games...more than $8.2 Billion!
- NBC loves the games and spent $7.65 billion to renew its rights to the games through 2032.
- $1.2 billion is how much NBC has already made from domestic ad sales.
- Top cost of a ticket to the Opening Ceremony - $2,700 per ticket.
- Hotels costs in Paris increased by 200%
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