Sevens up
THE STADIUM Number of seats: 40,080.
Number of executive suites: 50.
Number of private boxes: 100.
Most prestigious box: VIP Suite (west side of main concourse, where the Governor sits).
Insured cost of silver trophies (bowl, cup and plate): $10,000.
Cost of executive box: $800,000 - $1.2 million for three years.
Cost of Hong Kong Government Stadium: $850 million GENERAL FACTS Number of annual Hong Kong Sevens tournaments: 20.
Price of three-day ticket: $550.
Number of tickets sold publicly in Hong Kong: 8,000.* Number of tickets sold through Hong Kong rugby clubs: 8,000.* Number of tickets sold overseas: 24,000.* Queue for Sunday seat expected to form at: 4 am.
Number of chickens smuggled in by French supporters: three.
Revenue made by local economy during Sevens weekend: $80 million.* Amount spent per tourist during weekend: $6,684.
Cost of Hong Kong player's kit: $1,750.
Amount of lost property left behind: five wallets, one video camera, one camera, jewellery).
Average temperature: 25 degrees Celsius.
Highest amount paid for ticket (recorded): $3,000.
Weight of Martin Hollis, The Pieman:135.5kg(298 pounds).
Pies to be consumed by Hollis:25 LAW & ORDER Number of children who went missing: 12.
Number of policemen on duty (excluding plain-clothes officers): 120.
Number of traffic officers on duty: 60.
Number of streakers in 1995: three.
Arrests in 1995: two (one of the streakers escaped).
Number of surveillance cameras: 30.
Number of holding cells: three.
Number of military stewards: 80.
HEALTH Number of St John's Ambulance staff on call: 60.
Injuries in 1995: 12.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE Pints of beer drunk in 1995: 350,000.
Average pints of beer drunk per person: five.
Bottles of champagne drunk in 1995: 876.
Bottle of Pimm's drunk: 4,000.
Number of Big Macs sold: 11,600.
Amount of ice-cubes used: 4.5 tonnes.
Average amount spent on alcohol per person in 1995: $212.
THE MEDIA Number of TV cameras: nine.
Number of TV commentators: 12.
Number of countries broadcasting live: 126.
Number of viewers worldwide: 500 million.* MERCHANDISING Number of souvenir items sold in 1995: 90,000.
Total sales from merchandise in 1995: $6 million.
Number of programmes sold: 20,000.
Number of T-shirts sold: 21,000.
Number of polo-shirts sold: 14,900.
Number of track suits sold: 3,800.
Number of jackets sold: 4,300.
THE PLAYERS AND GAME Number of referees: eight.
Number of balls used: 120.
Number of teams: 24.
Number of players: 168.
Number of reserves: 72.
Average daily breakfast for all players: 80 loaves of bread (toasted), 30 loaves of bread, 411 eggs, 18.5 kilograms of sausage, 160 portions of yoghurt, 34 kg tuna steak, 23 kg pasta, 14 kg cereal, 91 kg melons and 8.6 litres of congee.
Best players to have played at Sevens (voted by Rugby Union): Australia's David Campese and Fiji's Waisale Serevi.
THE SUPPORTERS Percentage of men: 60 per cent.* Percentage of women: 30 per cent.* Percentage of children: 10 per cent.* Percentage of Hong Kong supporters: two-thirds.* Percentage of overseas supporters: one-third.* Team with most supporters: England.
Team with most overseas supporters: New Zealand.
THE BIG BOARDS Cost of electricity used to charge the diamond screen: $1,531.
Cost of diamond screen technical crew: $100,000.
Number of advertisements on diamond screen: 1,044.
Cost to propose on scoreboard: $100 (contact organiser's pavilion).
Electricity needed to charge the diamond screen: 132,000 watts.
STADIUM STAFF Number of cleaners needed: 152 (120 to sweep the vomitories, 20 for the executive suites and 12 for the toilets).
Number of waitresses: 320.
Hourly wage of a waitress (in boxes): $60.
Average tips earned by a waitress over weekend: $3,000.
Number of beer vendors: 360.
Hourly wage of a beer vendor: nil.
Bags of rubbish left behind: 7,000 (six compactor loads).
Average tips earned by a beer vendor over weekend: $2,400.
TOILETRIES Number of toilets: 36.
Number of cubicles: 730.
Number of toilet attendants: 20.
Rolls of toilet-paper used: 10,800.
* Approximate figures.