OS 2014 fakta Utskrift
Den Internationella Olympiska Kommitén har beslutat att Olympiska Spelen 2014 kommer att hållas i Sochi. Detta blir Rysslands första Olympiska Vinterspel någonsin.


Planer och fakta

Flygplats
Flygplatsen kommer att dubbla sin nuvarande (2008) prestationsförmåga till 2500 resenärer per timme till 2014.

Kompakt plan
A compact, efficient plan utilising two venue clusters only 48 km apart has the athletes’ comfort at its heart. 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.

Miljö
Sochi har över 200,000 hektar skog och bevarar över 30000 vilda växter i botaniska trädgårdar, parker och reservat.

Existerande logi
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 category. Additionally, there are over 20,500 rooms in "private hotels". The Krasnaya Polyana region of Sochi already offers 2,500 rooms.

Geografi
Sochi sits astride the ancient Silk Road, 1,500 km south of Moscow and 1,500 km east of Athens. No Winter Games has ever taken place within an hour of Mediterranean latitudes, with alpine competitions in the snowy mountains and ice events among palm trees.

Regeringens engagemang
Through the "Federal Target Programme for the Development of Sochi" (FTP), the Russian government has made a 11,7 billion USD commitment to the development of the Sochi region, including 7 billion USD in public funding.

Lokal marknadspotential
It is estimated that the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee can generate 485 million USD in domestic marketing revenues for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, including 300 million USD from local sponsors and 125 million USD from ticket sales.

Logi för massmedia
Existing 3 and 4-star hotels will account for 6,700 rooms within 10 km of the Main Media Centre (MMC). A major resort development will provide 4,500 new 3-star rooms and more than 1,000 4-star rooms within 3 km of the MMC. A unique plan will also offer convenient accommodations in 1,500 rooms within three hotels connected directly to the MMC complex through specially controlled passageways. A 500-room resort facility with a sub-Media Centre will be available for any media wishing to lodge in Sochi’s Krasnaya Polyana region. 2/2

Mediacenter
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 space. A fully equipped sub-Media Centre will serve the mountain cluster in Sochi’s Krasnaya Polyana region.

Bergen
Mount Elbrus, in the Russian Caucasus is considered the highest mountain in Europe, at 5,642m. In contrast, France’s Mont Blanc is 4,810m.

Vägar
Sochi’s Krasnaya Polyana region’s road network 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 events. 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 (average of 5 km), and approximately 60 km from the farthest 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 shuttle buses.

Planerad logi
In all, the development of more than 25,000 new hotel rooms of 3-star to 5-star quality is planned and guaranteed by the "Federal Target Programme for the Development of Sochi"(FTP), including 3,000 rooms in Sochi’s Krasnaya Polyana region.

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

Säkerhet och erfarenhet
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, without one single security incident. Annually, Sochi hosts an average of more than 400 events, which draw over 1.5 million people.

Sportarvet
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 till bergen
The Sochi 2014 transport plan features more than 140 km of Special Olympic Routes, which will be restricted to Olympic transport only and include exclusive 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.

Väder
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 extremely cold. Sochi offers the unprecedented combination of alpine and Mediterranean climates within a 50 kilometre radius.
 

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