FACTBOX-Olympics-Key facts on 2016 Olympics bid cities

Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:00pm EDT

Sept 29 (Reuters) - The International Olympic committee will elect the winning bid for the 2016 summer Olympics on Oct. 2. Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid are bidding. Here are some key facts concerning each of the bids:

VENUES:

Chicago: 31 venues in total. 15 existing with no permanent work required; one to be built irrespective of the Olympic Games; six new additional permanent venues, to be built only if Chicago is elected and scaled down after the Games; and nine temporary venues.

20 venues within 10 km of the Olympic Village. 19 venues within 10 minutes and four venues within 10-20 minutes of the Olympic Village. Most of the 31 venues would be located along the lakefront, close to the city centre.

A new 80,000-seater Olympic stadium. Post-Games capacity to be reduced to around 10,000.


Tokyo: Half of the total 34 venues exist. IOC says new venues needed for swimming, archery, hockey and Youth Plaza venues for badminton, modern pentathlon-fencing, basketball and gymnastics despite being listed as "existing venues, permanent works required" by Tokyo 2016.

15 existing with no permanent work required; 2 existing with permanent work required; 10 new permanent venues to be built only if Tokyo is awarded the Games and 7 new temporary venues. No venues would be built irrespective of the Games being awarded to Tokyo.


Rio: 33 venues in total; 10 existing with no permanent work required; eight existing with permanent work required; seven planned and to be built irrespective of the Games; two new permanent additional venues to be built only if Rio is awarded the Olympic Games; and six temporary venues.


Madrid: 33 venues in total. 17 exist with no permanent work required; six exist with permanent work required; two venues will be built irrespective of the Games; and six new permanent venues and two temporary venues are Games-dependent.

Competition venues would be located in 2 zones: the Core Zone in the east of the city: IFEMA cluster (7 venues) and the Olympic Park (Promenade) cluster (6 venues); the River Zone in the west of the city: with the Club de Campo-Villa de Madrid cluster (3 venues) and the Casa de Campo cluster (4 venues). The River Zone also contains 3 stand-alone venues.


FINANCE:

Chicago: Organising committee (OCOG) budget, with revenue and expenditure of approximately $3.8 billion.

This includes capital investments of $162.2 million, mainly for competition and training venues. The IOC contribution and TOP sponsorship income represent 27 percent of Chicago's total revenue.

The domestic sponsorship programme for the Olympic and Paralympic Games estimated at $1.83 billion.


Tokyo: Balanced OCOG budget, with revenue and expenditure at approximately $2.86 billion.

The IOC contribution and TOP sponsorship income represent 35 percent of Tokyo's total revenue. The domestic sponsorship programme for the Olympic and Paralympic Games is $708 million.


Rio: Balanced OCOG budget, with revenue and expenditure at approximately $2.82 billion.

The IOC contribution and TOP sponsorship income represent 31 percent of Rio de Janeiro's total revenue.

The domestic sponsorship programme for the Olympic and Paralympic Games is expected to total $570 million.

To meet the promise of affordable tickets and to relieve the pressure on the marketing programme, public authorities have decided to contribute $692 million to the OCOG budget in the form of subsidies.


Madrid: Balanced OCOG budget, with revenue and expenditure at approximately $2.67 billion. The IOC contribution and TOP sponsorship income represent 38 percent of Madrid's total revenue.

The domestic sponsorship programme for the Olympic and Paralympic Games is expected to total $659 million.


ACCOMMODATION:

Chicago: The plan offers a total guaranteed room inventory of over 57,000 rooms. This includes 44,500 hotel rooms and 12,500 other rooms.


Tokyo: The plan offers a total guaranteed room inventory of over 45,000 hotel rooms. There are approximately 38,000 guaranteed rooms within a radius of 10 km and 4,000 rooms within a 10 to 50 km radius of the Games centre.

The remaining guaranteed rooms are in the co-host cities for football.


Rio: The Rio accommodation plan offers a total guaranteed room inventory of over 48,000 rooms and is based on an analysis of the city's future needs. As the city does not require a large amount of additional hotel accommodation, the plan consists of approximately 13,000 guaranteed hotel rooms, 25,000 rooms in newly built villages, 8,500 rooms in cruise ships and 1,700 rooms in "apartment hotels".


Madrid: The Madrid accommodation plan offers a total guaranteed inventory of over 52,000 rooms. This includes 40,000 hotel rooms and 12,400 other rooms of which 5,000 would be in a temporary media village.


TRAVEL TIMES:

Chicago: 20 venues within 10 km of the Olympic Village. 19 venues within 10 minutes and four venues within 10-20 minutes of the Olympic Village. The majority of the 31 venues located along the lakefront, close to the city centre.

Tokyo: All competition venues (except shooting), the International Broadcasting Centre/Main Press Centre and the Olympic Village located within an 8km radius of the city centre.


Rio: Fourteen competition venues would be within 10 minutes of the Olympic Village and seven venues within 10 to 20 minutes. The Olympic Park would be within 5 minutes of the Olympic Village. All venues would be within 50 minutes of the Olympic Village.


Madrid: All venues except one within a 10 km radius of the city centre. Travel times between the Core Zone and the River Zone would generally be below 25 minutes.


PUBLIC SUPPORT:

Chicago: 67 percent of support for the bid in Chicago and 61 percent nationally, according to IOC poll.

Tokyo: 56 percent support in Tokyo and 55 percent nationally, according to IOC poll.

Rio: 85 percent support in Rio de Janeiro and 69 percent nationally according to IOC poll.

Madrid: 85 percent support in Madrid and 86 percent nationally according to IOC poll. (Compiled by Karolos Grohmann; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)