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3) Budget
The budget is much less than the London Olympics 2012. Moreover, Brazil cut the allotted budget by close to 50% thanks to economic crisis. The creative director of ceremonies Fernando Meirelles said “When we started we were rich, we had an international crew, we watched some shows in Vegas, we were very ambitious with the technology we wanted to use. We were looking at a budget of $113.9 million (for all four ceremonies). But little by little it has been cut and now our budget is $55.9m for four ceremonies.”
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