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Even though the winters around here are always busy, February 2002 was unlike any other time in our history. Over 500,000 people visited the Park City venues during the Olympic Games. Almost 1 million people used Park City and SLOC transit. Below are some interesting facts about what went on in Park City during the Olympics.
| Park City Venues |
502,128 |
| Utah Olympic Park |
308,625 |
| Park City Mountain Resort |
95,000 |
| Dear Valley Resort |
94,500 |
| Dear Valley Resort |
$7 |
| Utah Olympic Park |
$21.6 |
| Park City Mountain Resort |
$6.7 |
| Total Ticket Sales |
$35.3 |
| Total Passengers Served |
997,018 |
| Park City Transit |
379,898 |
| Park & Ride |
617,120 |
- 60+ broken down buses
- 30 traffic accidents on Olympic, spectator and athlete routes
- Each venue closed once for suspicious vehicle identification
- Hwy 40 'Park & Ride' filled once; 511 cars turned away
- Total # of Crews = 42
- Total # of Crew Hours = 346.5
- Directional Wand Batteries = 180 C cells
- Wands = 36
- Reflective Vests = 60
- Chewy Granola Bars = 4500
- Bags of Salted Peanuts = 2400 12oz
- Bottle Water = 3500 24 oz
- Hand Warmers = 360 pair
- Foot Warmers = 280 pair
- 1300 Tickets Issued
- $150 / Ticket
- 30% of Tickets Appealed
- Best Appeal Story Category: "Just ran up to Main Street for a few minutes to get my Roots beret."
- Olympic goal was to recycle 85% of all waste. Park City recycled 91%
- 18,000 trash liners used
- 426,00 feet of toilet paper used
- 1,459 media credential were issued, 1,059 to the media, 191 to exhibitors, 102 to sponsors, 5 to guests, and 32 to staff
- 370 live reports from CNN family of networks
- 100 German TV feeds
- 11 Park City segments on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno"
- $4.59 million worth of Park City press clippings
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