Not sure I've heard of that team! Care to enlighten the more cranially challenged of us??
Now I am the opposite -- when I cannot get to sleep I put on a NFL game and bingo I am snoring like a drunken whore.
Forgot to mention that 1/3rd of the world population watched the World Cup and actually paralized many countries for 90 minutes at the time, to the extent that in Mexico, Brazil, Germany and many other countries, factories and big construction companies are allowing employees time off to see the games, not bad at allWorld Cup Soccer:
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ in numbers
(FIFA.com)
23 Sep 2014
FIFA has released an in-depth document detailing the dizzying array of facts and figures that combined to make up the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™.
3,429,873 was the total attendance for the 64 matches, the highest recorded at any World Cup since USA 1994. The average crowd of 53,592 was also the highest in two decades.
5,154,386 attended FIFA Fan Fests in Brazil during the World Cup, with Rio de Janeiro's spectacular Copacabana site attracting 937,330 - the highest number in any individual city.
171 goals, an average of 2.67 per game, made Brazil 2014 the joint-highest-scoring World Cup of all time, level with France 1998.
7.2 billion USD in tax revenue shall be received by Brazil as a result of investments in the 2014 World Cup.
3,240 adidas balls, including both training and match balls, were used during the tournament.
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Tour de France:
The 2017 Tour de France in numbers:
21 stages (back to back days of racing with only 2 rest days thrown in), 198 riders, 3,540 km ridden in 21 days, 4,500 people involved with the teams, 10 million fans.
9 flat stages
5 medium mountain stages
5 mountain stages
2 individual time trials
22 teams
198 riders
9 riders on each team
Organisation
4,500 people: organisation, teams, media, partners, suppliers and publicity caravan
300 team staff members
15 race jury members
100 ASO staff
380 other race staff
500 + hotels visited
7 planes reserved for transfers
4 countries visited: Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France
34 French departments
35 stage-sites - including 10 debut locations
635 cities
2,100 people live in Laissac-Severac L’Eglise, the smallest town
2,250,000 residents in Paris, the largest city
222.5km - longest stage, Stage 8, Embrun > Salon de Provence
2,642metres - Col du Galibier, the highest point of the Tour de France
Medical
10 doctors
7 nurses
7 ambulances
1 motorbike
2 medical cars
1 radiology truck
Media
2,000 journalists
600 media outlets
91 photographic agencies
301 newspapers, press agencies and websites
68 radio networks
TV
190 countries
100 channels - 60 live
105 hours of live coverage
6,300 hours of airtime around the world
Dutch fans on Alpe d'Huez (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
Fans
10-12 million at the roadside (2016)
80% French
20% Other nationalities
Logistics
4,000m of roadside barriers on every stage
2.7km of banners per stage, on average
1,050 tall barriers at each finish area
450 publicity signs
7 hectares required for the finish area
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So at 3,429,873 for soccer & 10-12 million at the roadside during TDF what is it that makes soccer the:
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World Cup Soccer:
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ in numbers
(FIFA.com)
23 Sep 2014
FIFA has released an in-depth document detailing the dizzying array of facts and figures that combined to make up the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™.
3,429,873 was the total attendance for the 64 matches, the highest recorded at any World Cup since USA 1994. The average crowd of 53,592 was also the highest in two decades.
5,154,386 attended FIFA Fan Fests in Brazil during the World Cup, with Rio de Janeiro's spectacular Copacabana site attracting 937,330 - the highest number in any individual city.
171 goals, an average of 2.67 per game, made Brazil 2014 the joint-highest-scoring World Cup of all time, level with France 1998.
7.2 billion USD in tax revenue shall be received by Brazil as a result of investments in the 2014 World Cup.
3,240 adidas balls, including both training and match balls, were used during the tournament.
**************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Tour de France:
The 2017 Tour de France in numbers:
21 stages (back to back days of racing with only 2 rest days thrown in), 198 riders, 3,540 km ridden in 21 days, 4,500 people involved with the teams, 10 million fans.
9 flat stages
5 medium mountain stages
5 mountain stages
2 individual time trials
22 teams
198 riders
9 riders on each team
Organisation
4,500 people: organisation, teams, media, partners, suppliers and publicity caravan
300 team staff members
15 race jury members
100 ASO staff
380 other race staff
500 + hotels visited
7 planes reserved for transfers
4 countries visited: Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France
34 French departments
35 stage-sites - including 10 debut locations
635 cities
2,100 people live in Laissac-Severac L’Eglise, the smallest town
2,250,000 residents in Paris, the largest city
222.5km - longest stage, Stage 8, Embrun > Salon de Provence
2,642metres - Col du Galibier, the highest point of the Tour de France
Medical
10 doctors
7 nurses
7 ambulances
1 motorbike
2 medical cars
1 radiology truck
Media
2,000 journalists
600 media outlets
91 photographic agencies
301 newspapers, press agencies and websites
68 radio networks
TV
190 countries
100 channels - 60 live
105 hours of live coverage
6,300 hours of airtime around the world
Dutch fans on Alpe d'Huez (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
Fans
10-12 million at the roadside (2016)
80% French
20% Other nationalities
Logistics
4,000m of roadside barriers on every stage
2.7km of banners per stage, on average
1,050 tall barriers at each finish area
450 publicity signs
7 hectares required for the finish area
**************************************************************************************************************************************************************
So at 3,429,873 for soccer & 10-12 million at the roadside during TDF what is it that makes soccer the:
??????????????????
Ah but my wife is Spanish and she's lees than uncritical - most of the noise is actually South Americans - or he Spanish equivalent of Lager louts.You are from England are you not, so a visitor in another country gets upset when the citizens of that country get noisy
