Athens Olympics Cost More Than Thought
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The total cost of the Athens Olympics may exceed &#36;14.6 billion, according to Greece's 2005 budget submitted to parliament Thursday.
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The government is discussing a final cost for the 2012 Olympics that is four times the initial estimate.
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The athletes have packed up. Olympic banners are coming down. But another challenge for the city of Athens is just beginning. It&#39;s a realization that&#39;s just starting to hit the Olympic hosts
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Latest estimates of the costs of hosting the Athens Olympics put them at up to $10bn - a huge amount for a small country like Greece, once the poorest in the EU.
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The cost of the new Capitol Visitor Center could run as high as &#36;559 million, more than double the estimated cost when the construction project broke ground in 2000.
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Lord Coe says it is unclear what the final cost of staging the 2012 Olympics will be.
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The IOC fine the Austrian Olympic Committee Â£500,000 over the doping affair at last year's Turin Winter Games.
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ATHENS, Aug. 19 -- Worried about the potential for a terrorist catastrophe, Greece is spending about $1.5 billion on security for the Olympic Games. The biggest threats so far? Foreign journalists and a Canadian guy dressed in a tutu.
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The perennial Olympics pariah, commonly known as the ticket scalper, is having a hard time in Athens. Scalpers normally buy hard-to-get tickets, with hopes of selling them later at highly inflated prices.
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Greek authorities dealt with more than 700 security scares during the Athens Games, including a bomb hoax before the opening ceremony and a propane leak at a luxury hotel that was hosting hundreds of representatives from major Olympic sponsors.
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London 2012âs bid book was released to the public Friday and shows that if London hosts the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, it is expected to make a 100 million pound profit, 60 per cent of which would be spent on grassroots sport in the UK with the
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How much is an X Games gold medal worth? Thirty grand.
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Michael Phelps wins more golds in Athens than Holland, New Zealand, Spain and Canada.
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The 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece, have been attracting a growing worldwide audience since they began August 13. Particularly attentive have been Greek-Americans.
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NEW YORK  - Midway through the race  between Olympics past and present, this year's edition is  outrunning its predecessor from four years ago.
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ATHENS, Aug 10 (IPS) - -The scorching sun of Athens would suggest this   might be more the place to think global warming than Salt Lake  City where  the winter Olympics of 2002 were held. It has turned  out to be just the  other way round.
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The uncertainly over a budget for London's 2012 Olympic Games is a threat to its success, a report warns.