|
Range of equipment set up or used
during the World Cup
|
|
|
4,000 |
TV sets |
|
300 |
photocopying machines |
|
15,000 |
telephones |
|
3,000 |
walkie-talkies |
|
1,800 |
GSM phones |
|
500 |
fax machines |
|
1,600 |
desks |
|
1,400 |
reception desks |
|
2,500 |
typist chairs |
|
19,000 |
stackable chairs |
|
5,800 |
cupboards with shelves |
|
15,200 |
hours spent assembling and dismantling |
|
100,000 m² |
of marquees |
|
15,000 m² |
of bungalows |
|
100,000 m² |
of new lay-outs in existing buildings |
|
400 |
people is the population of a village which could be supplied with the power required to run the various electrical equipment set up around the stadiums (apart from Saint-Denis and Marseille) |
|
400 |
refreshment stands set up at the venues to serve 1.5 million customers |
|
Material installed
by France Telecom
|
|
|
2 million |
kilometres of fibre optics will be used (enough to circle the earth 50 times) |
|
15,000 |
telephone lines hooked up to 125 operational units (stadiums, press centres, media stands, etc.) |
|
11,000 |
TV and computer sockets |
|
1,200 |
France Telecom staff (out of the company’s total of 168,000) will be involved in the World Cup project |
|
200 |
video contacts from the Media Centre |
|
400 |
radio contacts from the Media Centre |
|
1,500 |
mobile phones will be made available to the CFO |
|
550 |
telephone boxes will be set up around the stadiums |
|
125 |
payphones |
| Information technology |
|
|
2,000 |
personal computers, 450 of them dedicated to INFO FRANCE 98, the World Cup Intranet system for the media |
|
500 |
printers |
|
100 |
LANs |
|
200 |
servers |
|
44,000 |
workdays have been logged up since 1993 within the IT department |
| Signage |
|
|
700 |
totems |
|
300 |
tonnes of concrete/sand ballast |
|
10,000 |
decoration banners |
|
20,000 m² |
of decorative tarpaulin |
|
8,000 |
signage panels |
|
3,000 |
direction panels in the cities |
|
250 |
signposts |
|
2,000 |
flags and kakemonos |
|
6,000 |
accreditation panels |
|
400 |
“prohibited item” panels |
|
100 |
Footix “Greetings” signs in 4 languages |
|
Hospitality/Logistics
|
|
|
300,000 |
reservations made in the 610 Mondiresa hotels |
|
30,000 |
by Brazilian customers |
|
20,000 |
by Japanese customers |
|
15,000 |
by English and Colombian customers |
|
750 |
vehicles (32 buses, 32 minivans, 64 cars, 32 utility vehicles) will be used by the organisers |
|
200,000 |
parking places will be available for the “reserved” categories (Hospitality Boxes, Prestige Seats, media), 1/4 of which will be at the Stade de France alone |
|
150 km |
of buses end to end will be parked outside the FRANCE 98 stadiums |
|
997,500 |
“souvenirs” will be given to members of the media, VIPs and the delegations from the 32 qualifying countries, and a further 290,000 to Hospitality Box and Prestige Seat customers. |
|
800 m3 that
is to say 24 |
articulated lorries’ worth! |
|
744,000 |
meals will be served during the World Cup (VIP, press, Volunteers) |
|
2,000,000 |
drinks will be sold in the stadiums |
|
1,000 m3 |
of fizzy drinks, fruit juice and mineral water |
|
Hospitality Villages
|
|
|
80,000 m² |
is the total surface area of the 10 hospitality villages to be set up around the ten stadiums. The largest will be in Saint-Denis: 22,000 m2 on 2 levels (equivalent to 4 football pitches) |
|
125,000
|
people will be welcomed at the 10 official FRANCE 98 villages |
|
200,000 |
different catering services will be provided, including cocktail receptions for |
|
100,000 |
heads |
|
20 tonnes |
of crushed ice |
|
400,000 |
plates |
|
600,000 |
glasses |
|
10,000 |
tablecloths |
|
6 km |
of buffet food |
|
2,000 |
parasols (2.5 km if opened out and laid end to end) |
|
Dressing
|
|
|
Official dress for CFO personnel (Yves Saint-Laurent)
|
|
4,200 |
complete uniforms for the CFO personnel |
|
19,000 |
articles of clothing |
|
30,000 |
metres of cloth |
|
10,000 |
fashion accessories (ties, scarves, belts, brooches) |
|
3,500 |
personnel to measure |
|
250 |
fitting hours |
|
1,800 |
video training films, that is to say 300 cumulative hours of images on the art of Yves Saint-Laurent clothes and how they should be worn |
|
Official Dress for the Volunteers (Adidas)
|
|
7,000 |
boxes of clothing |
|
15,600 |
uniforms |
|
41,650 |
polo shirts |
|
46,800 |
pairs of socks |
|
228,850 |
articles in 115 sizes |
| Publishing |
|
|
500 tonnes |
of Arjo Wiggins paper will have been used for the various CFO publications |
|
2,000,000 |
photocopies will be made at the Media Centre |
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