Youth Olympics Hit Home Run A total of 500,000 Spectators, Including 270,000 Game Spectators
Organizing Committee “Successful hosting of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics with 3.5% of the budget”
The 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics (hereinafter referred to as Gangwon 2024) hit a home run at the box office.
Kim Cheol-min, Secretary General of the Gangwon 2024 Organizing Committee, said in a daily briefing held at the Main Media Center (MMC) at the Gangneung Green City Experience Center on the 1st, the closing day of the competition, “As of this day, the number of spectators for the game was 270,000 and the number of cultural event spectators was 230,000.
“The total number is 500,000, well exceeding the target of 250,000,” he announced. 온라인카지노
The figure skating competition held for four days starting on the 27th saw an average of 12,000 people visit the stadium each day, and many spectators visited ice hockey, curling, ski jumping, and alpine skiing competitions despite the cold weather, the organizing committee added.
President Kim said, “Based on the legacy of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, we did not build a single competition facility and 100% recycled existing facilities,” adding, “The organizing committee spent 3.5% of the budget (KRW 2.789 trillion) for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.”
“The competition was held with a budget of only 96.7 billion won,” he said.
At Gangwon 2024, 1,800 athletes from 78 countries around the world competed in 7 games, 15 events, and 81 specific events.
In particular, the organizing committee explained that it has become a truly global sporting event in name and reality as athletes from countries on the African continent such as Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa,
as well as countries in the Middle East such as Iran, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, which is at war, and the Philippines, where it does not snow, are participating.
The Gangwon 2024 Organizing Committee evaluated that 1,900 security, police, and fire personnel supported the event to ensure a safe event, and that 1,984 volunteers who helped participants in various places, including the stadium and athletes’ village, were the unsung contributors.
Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC),
especially thanked the volunteers, saying, “Your endless energy and passion, your smiles and kindness warmed my heart,” adding, “The athletes and the Olympic family felt all of this together while staying in Gangwon Province.”
“We would like to express our gratitude to the volunteers who made us special during this time.”
The Gangwon 2024 Organizing Committee said that the Youth Winter Olympics, the first to be held on the Asian continent,
were run in keeping with the name of the Cultural Olympics, and that Korea became the country to successfully host the Youth Olympics following the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics and the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. I put it.
Gangwon 2024, which opened on the 19th of last month and lasted for 14 days,
will end with a closing ceremony held in front of the Gangneung Hockey Center Auxiliary Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 1st.