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The current highest cost of hosting the Olympic Games was the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games, costing approximately US$11.1 billion. In order to meet the requirements set out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), [4] the Rio de Janeiro council had to invest heavily in building the necessary facilities/venues, and an entirely new subway line.
1948 -- London. $32,630,000. Due to World War II, the Olympic Games were not held in either 1940 or 1944. Although London had short notice that it would be hosting the 1948 Games, the city rose to ...
Cost overruns. Including researchers’ estimates for the Paris Games, five of the past six Olympics (summer and winter) had inflation-adjusted cost overruns of well more than 100%, according to ...
Organisers said in December the Games were expected to cost some 1.35 trillion yen ($12.35 billion), but that figure did not include an estimated three billion yen for moving the marathon and ...
The ARISF's members are international sports federations recognised by the IOC whose sport is currently not competed in either the Summer or Winter Olympics, though becoming a member of ARISF does not imply or guarantee that the sport will be included in future Olympic Games.
These figures do not include wider infrastructure costs like roads, urban rail, and airports, which often cost as much or more than the sports-related costs. The most expensive Summer Games were Beijing 2008 at US$40–44 billion, [ 69 ] and the most expensive Winter Games were Sochi 2014 at US$51 billion.
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All in, Iroanya spent roughly between $5,000-$6,000 to attend the Games this year, which does not include estimated food costs, or local transportation. “[Even] if it was too expensive, I wouldn ...