Sochi in details

Airport. The airport will expand its existing capacity to 2,500 passengers per hour by 2014.

Bid Budget. The complete Bid Committee finances for 2005-2007 is 27.5 million USD, 90% of which will be funded by the government.

City Economy. Sochi's economy will expand from just summer tourism to include winter sports and business tourism. The region's visitor base is estimated to increase from the current four million to six million, making effective year-round use of the infrastructure. The winter tourism season in Sochi presently attracts considerably less tourists than the summer (a 90% reduction).

Compact Plan. A compact, useful plan utilising two venue clusters only 48 km distant has the athletes' comfort at its center. The coastal venues average only 6 km from the Olympic Village, with three of the venues located only 1 km away from the Village. The mountain venues average only 4 km in distance to the mountain sub-Village.

Environment. Sochi includes over 200,000 hectares of forests and houses over 30,000 natural-life place species in its botanical gardens and parks, and nature sanctuaries.

Vacant Accommodations. The southern part of Sochi currently offers approximately 20,700 hotel rooms classified in 3-star to 5- star categories and an additional 4,600 rooms in the 2-star class. Additionally, there are over 20,500 rooms in "personal hotels". The Krasnaya Polyana area of Sochi already offers 2,500 rooms.

Geography. Sochi sits across the antique Silk Road, 1,500 km south of Moscow and 1,500 km east of Athens. No Winter Games has ever taken place inside an hour of Mediterranean latitudes, with alpine competitions in the snowy mountains and ice actions among palm plants.

Government Commitment. Through the "Federal Target Programme for the Development of Sochi" (FTP), the Russian government has made a 12 billion USD commitment to the development of the Sochi area, counting 7 billion USD in public funding.

Local Marketing Promise. It is estimated that the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee can produce 485 million USD in domestic marketing revenues for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, including 300 million USD from regional sponsors and 125 million USD from ticket sales.

Media Accommodations. Existing 3 and 4-star hotels will account for 6,700 rooms inside 10 km of the Main Media Centre (MMC). A main resort development will provide 4,500 new 3-star rooms and more than 1,000 4-star rooms inside 3 km of the MMC. A exclusive plan will also offer convenient accommodations in 1,500 rooms within three hotels joined directly to the MMC complex through specially controlled passageways. A 500-room resort facility with a sub-Media Centre will be open for any media wishing to lodge in Sochi's Krasnaya Polyana area.

Media Centres. The International Broadcast Centre and the Main Press Centre will be housed in a single structure in the coastal cluster, creating a Main Media Centre (MMC) with a minimum of 70,000mІ of distance. A totally equipped sub-Media Centre will function the mountain cluster in Sochi's Krasnaya Polyana area.

Mountain Height. Mount Elbrus (5,642 m) in the Russian Caucasus is considered the supreme mountain in Europe. France's Mont Blanc is 4,810 m in comparison.

Mountain roads. Sochi's Krasnaya Polyana area's road complex will be upgraded and 59 km of highspeed roads to all the venues will be built.

Mountain venues. Sochi's Roza Khutor area, funded privately by INTERROS, will host all Alpine actions. It will cover 227 hectares with 15 lifts. Gazprom resort on Sochi's Psekhako Ridge, with 13 planned lifts serving 52 hectares, will host Cross Country Skiing.

Media Transportation. The MMC will be located close to the airport (5 km) and the coastal venues (typical of 5 km), and approximately 60 km from the extreme mountain venue, which will also be served by a nearby sub-Media Centre. The media centres and media accommodation areas will be interconnected with all venues by regular transport buses.

Designed Accommodations. In all, the development of more than 25,000 new hotel rooms of 3-star to 5-star class is planned and guaranteed by the "Federal Target Programme for the Development of Sochi"(FTP), including 3,000 rooms in Sochi's Krasnaya Polyana area.

Popular support. Over 84% of Sochi's citizens support their city's bid for the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Population. The population of Sochi is around 400,000 people. The surrounding, Krasnodar area, is home to 5.1 million people, and is the third biggest Russian region.

Security and Experience. Sochi hosts more than 100 Category A VIP visits every year. Russia has successfully hosted more than 100 international sports events in the last 25 years, lacking one single security episode. Annually, Sochi hosts an average of more than 400 events, which draw over 1.5 million people.

Sports Heritage. Russia has hosted over 100 international sports championships and competitions in the past 25 years. Russian athletes have won over 270 medals in previous Olympic Winter Games.

Transport to the mountains. The Sochi 2014 transport plan features more than 140 km of Special Olympic Routes, which will be restricted to Olympic transport only and contain special Olympic Lanes between all venues. Two Olympic Routes to the mountains have a 14,000 vehicle capacity per day. Additionally, a 50 km light rail system will whisk 10,000 passengers per hour from the coast to the mountains in about 35 minutes.

Climate. The snow depth in the mountains averages above two meters, with low levels of fog. The temperatures average below zero Centigrade, but it is never really cold. Sochi offers the unprecedented combination of alpine and Mediterranean climates inside a 50 kilometre radius..

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