Fireworks burst above the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on July 27, 2012 in London.
448,000: Total cost, in dollars, of staging the first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens in 1896
870 million: Cost, in dollars, of providing security at the 2012 Games
14.4 billion: Total cost, in dollars, of staging the 2012 Games
394,000: Amount, in dollars, paid by CBS for U.S. broadcast rights to the 1960 Summer Games
225 million: Amount, in dollars, paid by ABC for U.S. broadcast rights to the 1984 Summer Games
1.18 billion: Amount, in dollars, paid by NBC for U.S. broadcast rights to the 2012 Games
70,000: Number of spectators who watched the opening ceremonies of the 1896 Games
1 billion: Number of worldwide viewers, estimated, who watched the opening ceremony of the 2012 Games
7 billion: Number of tiny pieces of paper dropped by a helicopter during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Games (one for each person on the planet)
200: Number of buildings that were demolished at the site of the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games
4,000: number of newts temporarily relocated during the construction of the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games