London Olympics could cost Â£9bn
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Ministers are discussing a final cost for the 2012 Olympics four times the initial estimate, the BBC learns.
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The British government is financially exposed over the 2012 London Olympics and should put in place a strong monitoring system to make sure preparations do not fall behind schedule, lawmakers said on Tuesday.
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Chinese and foreign spectators at next year's Beijing Olympic Games will pay the same ticket prices, and almost two-thirds of tickets will cost less than 100 yuan ($12.89), a state newspaper said on Friday.
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The total cost of the Athens Olympics may exceed $14.6 billion, according to Greece's 2005 budget submitted to parliament Thursday.
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Up to Â£125m in public money may be needed to bring London's theatres up to standard.
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Opposition politicians call for tighter control on spending for the 2012 Olympics after the BBC revealed spiralling costs.
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Kelly Holmes holds up her Olympic medals as Britain&#39;s team parades through London. Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images. Thousands of people lined the streets of central London today to pay tribute to Britain&#39;s
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Greece spent $11.2 billion hosting this summer&#39;s Olympics, twice the original estimate, the BBC reported Saturday. The figure, larger than expected due to construction delays
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BEIJING : Beijing Olympic organizers are seeking ways to cut up to six billion yuan (724 million US dollars) off the cost of building Games venues, including possibly moving the equestrian events to Hong Kong.
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The Athens Olympics will cost a total of  almost 10 billion euros ($12.1 billion), more than double the  original target, pushing Greece's budget gap well above EU  limits, finance ministry sources said on Wednesday.
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Transport plans for London's Olympics rely too much on hopes 600,000 will flee the city for the games, MPs warn.
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The cost of protecting London and the south-east from flooding will be at least Â£4bn as sea levels rise and the south-east coast sinks over the next century, a report for the Environment Agency has warned.
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The IOC's evaluation team are in London to begin inspecting its Olympic bid.
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ATHENS, Greece - Costs for the Athens Olympics are climbing again, expected to top $8.5 billion because of the massive security and overruns in the last-minute scramble to get venues ready.
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The bill arrived for the Athens Olympics on Friday &#151; about &#36;11.6 billion, and it might climb higher. The tally announced by the government was almost double the original estimate, making the games by far the most expensive in Olympic history. The 2000 Sydney Games cost &#36;1.5 billion and the 1996 Atlanta Games &#36;1.72 billion.
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The total cost of Athens Olympics was nearly 9.0 billion euros (11.5 billion US dollars), almost double the amount forecast a year before the Games, Greece&#39;s Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis said on Friday.
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The International Olympic Committee&#39;s decision to send their evaluation team to London in mid-February could turn out to be a huge advantage for the capital&#39;s bid for the 2012 Games.