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| Currently Holiday on Ice has |
| 350 |
Skaters and |
| 120 |
Crew members appearing in |
| 5 |
Shows simultaneously touring in |
| 3 |
continents, visiting |
| 80 |
cities in |
| 20 |
countries giving and |
| 1.700 |
performances which are seen by approximately |
| 3,000,000 |
visitors per year |
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| Since the beginning in 1943, Holiday on Ice has appeared in |
| 620 |
towns and cities in |
| 80 |
countries and been seen by more than |
| 295,000,000 |
people worldwide, which is an average of |
| 5,000,000 |
visitors per year |
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| Impressive statistics, but there are more. Each year more than |
| 1,000,000 |
sequins are sewn on to some |
| 350 |
costumes. That means that over the years |
| 100,000,000 |
sequins have been used on |
| 30,000 |
costumes. So have |
| 40,000 |
kilos of rhinestones, that's |
| 400 |
kilos in the past 20 years and |
| 800 |
kilos in the first 40 years |
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On a more technical note:
since the show began, it has gone through |
| 6,000 |
metres of footlights, |
| 1,000 |
kilometres of electric cable, |
| 900,000 |
electric light bulbs. |
| 15 |
ice compressors, serving |
| 15 |
portable ice floors moving the show equipment in |
| 145 |
transport containers. |
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| And how much does it all cost? Well if you don't include the existing investments, each new show costs at least |
| 4,000,000 |
Euros to produce |
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| Guinness Book of Records |
| 1988 |
Holiday on Ice enters the Guinness Book of Records for the first time as the most-watched show of all time, with 250-million visitors. |
| 1994 |
Holiday on Ice breaks another record by forming the longest kick-line in the world. |
| 2003 |
Holiday on Ice welcomes its 300-millionth visitor, expecting to earn another entry in the Guinness Book of Records. |
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