1)Cost of Olympic Games
2) Overview
First Olympic in 1896 in Athens
2012 Summer Olympics - 26 sports, 10568 Athletes, 204 Nations
2014 Winter Olympics -7 sports, 2873 Athletes, 88 Nations
Governing Body: International Federation (IF)
International Olympic Committee (IOC): sports, disciplines and events.
London 2012 US$14.8 billion
Source: www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/oct/23/london-2012-olympics-cost-total
Sochi 2014 Estimated US$51 billion
Source: www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/oct/09/sochi-2014-olympics-money- corruption
3) Cost Bidding
5 out of 9 cities selected for bidding by IOC on 18 May 2004
Hosting Fee in 2012: U.S $150,000
London won the right to host the 2012 Games with 54 votes to Paris' 50
4) Cost Bidding Graph
5)Costs for Hosting
Operational Costs
(OCOG)
Technology Costs
Workforce Costs
Administration Costs
Transportation Costs
Catering & Medical Services
Security costs
Non-Operational Costs
(Non-OCOG)
Direct
Olympic Villages
International Broadcast Centre
Media & Press Centre
Indirect
Infrastructure
Hotel Upgrade Costs
6)Cost of Olympic Games
7) Cost OverRun
8)Economic impact of OLYMPIC GAMES
1. Identifying the impact
2. Evidence from the past games
3. ATHENS & outlook of Greek Economy
9) -GDP & Employment Impact
10) ATHENS-Slowdown Economy
Smallest Country.
Total cost EXCEEDS Estimate cost leads to Downfall.
Even the villages lands are used to conduct OLYMPICS.
Widening Government Budget Deficit.
11) Scam 2014 Sochi Russia
2. Overview
• First Olympic in 1896 in Athens
• 2012 Summer Olympics - 26 sports, 10568 Athletes, 204 Nations
• 2014 Winter Olympics -7 sports, 2873 Athletes, 88 Nations
• Governing Body: International Federation (IF)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC): sports, disciplines and
events.
• London 2012 US$14.8 billion
Source: www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/oct/23/london-2012-olympics-cost-total
• Sochi 2014 Estimated US$51 billion
Source: www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/oct/09/sochi-2014-olympics-money-
corruption
3. Cost Bidding
2012 host city election – bidding results
City Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
London Great Britain 22 27 39 54
Paris France 21 25 33 50
Madrid Spain 20 32 31 —
New York
City
United States 19 16 — —
Moscow Russia 15 — — —
• 5 out of 9 cities selected for bidding by IOC on 18 May 2004
• Hosting Fee in 2012: U.S $150,000
• London won the right to host the 2012 Games with 54 votes to
Paris' 50
5. Costs for Hosting
Operational Costs
(OCOG)
Non-Operational Costs
(Non-OCOG)
Direct Indirect
• Technology Costs
• Workforce Costs
• Administration Costs
• Transportation Costs
• Catering & Medical
Services
• Security costs
• Olympic
Villages
• International
Broadcast
Centre
• Media & Press
Centre
• Infrastructure
• Hotel
Upgrade
Costs
6. HOST CITY Budget(US) Total Cost(US) Profit/Loss
London,1948 ₤15000 ₤742268 ₤29000
Los Angeles,1984 $320 million $413 million $250 million
Barcelona,1992 $850 million $9.3 billion $10 million
Athens,2004 $15 billion $9 billion $14 billion
Beijing 2008 $44 billion $146 million
London,2012 $10.4 billion $14.6 billion $52.8 million
Sochi,2014 - $51 billion -
Rio De Janerio ,
2016
Cost of Olympic Games
Table:1
10. 2. Evidence from the Past Games
US$ m Operation cost Budgetary
Surplus/deficit
Munich 546 (687)
Montreal 399 (1228)
Los Angeles 467 335
Sydney 1700 0
-Financing Impact
Macro Economic Impact-some countries needs serious attention.
12. 3. ATHENS-Slowdown Economy
• Smallest Country.
• Total cost EXCEEDS Estimate cost leads to Downfall.
• Even the villages lands are used to conduct OLYMPICS.
• Widening Government Budget Deficit.
13. Scam 2014 Sochi Russia
• Vladimar Putin-21 Fraud Contracts.
• $7 billion-14% of total expenditure.
• Unjustified project estimates.
• Loss to states:170 million at the stadium.
75 million at BOBSLEIGH venue
15. Bibliography
• www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/oct/23/london-2012-olympics-cost-total
• www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/oct/09/sochi-2014-olympics-money- corruption
Table 1&2: "Olympic Proportions: Cost and Cost Overrun at the Olympics 1960-2012". Flyvbjerg, Bent;
Allison Stewart (2012). Working Paper. Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Table 1:
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hangover.html
• "Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles, 1984". International Olympic
Committee. 1985.
• "How the 2004 Olympics Triggered Greece's Decline - Bloomberg Business". Gibson, Owen (Oct
24, 2012).
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(News),UK news,Politics,Sport". The Guardian (London).
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1. PricewaterhouseCoopers European Economic Outlook June 2004
2. Preuss (2004)
3.Source: Greek Statistical Service, European Commission forecasts for 2004