The 2012 Games will showcase London as a thriving, innovative and sustainable world city
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The London 2012 Olympic Games will run from July 27th to August
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- The opening ceremony will be held on July 26th
- The Olympic Games will run from July 27th to August 12th
- The Paralympic Games will run from August 29th to September 9th
- The closing ceremonies for the Olympic Games will be held on August 24th
- The Games will comprise 30 days of sport
- 26 Olympic sports will be played
- 19 Paralympic sports will be played
- There will be 60-70 London 2012 sponsors
- 12 TOP IOC sponsors will participate
- The London economy is projected to grow by £43 billion by 2012
- The Games are projected to generate 12,000 new jobs in the Olympic Park
- 31 competition venues will be utilised
- 17,000 athletes will compete
- 2,000 team officials will lead their athletes
- 20,000 press/media will be in attendance
- The Olympic Park will be created on a 500-acre site
- 10km of new roads will be built
- 1.5 million tickets for the Paralympics will be sold
- There will be 500,000 spectators per day
- 9,000 new homes will be built
- 200,000 chairs will be needed
- 350 tons of vegetables will be consumed by the athletes
- 3,000 table tennis balls will be used
- 11,500 shuttlecocks
- 100 tons of meat will be consumed
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