This week, Monday By the Numbers delves (or, dives) into “O” at Bellagio. This show remains one of Cirque’s bestselling and most-appreciated productions, (water) logging more than 17 years on the Strip.
I caught the show again over the weekend. Some stats from the shore:
1.5 million: Gallons of water in the “O” stage/manmade pond.
12: Hours required to drain the pool (which empties to Bellagio Lake) for maintenance.
1: Inch Bellagio Lake rises when water from the theater pool is added.
88: Water’s temperature in degrees.
$99: Cost of a ticket when the show opened in October 1998, making it the first $100 show ticket ever in Las Vegas.
$99: Base ticket price for a show today, on the Bellagio website.
1,800: Seats in the Bellagio theater.
85: Performers in the show.
150: Stagehands in the show.
7,000: Pounds the show’s clown house weighs.
2: Gold medals won by performers Bill May and Christina Jones in the first mixed-duet synchronized swimming event at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
14: National synchronized swimming titles won by May.
14: Technicians underwater in the show.
20: International synchronized swimming titles won by May.
20: Feet of depth for the pool.
110: Distance from the highest grid in the theater to the stage.
60: Feet above water artists jump from the show’s highest diving platform.
60: Loads of laundry washed after each night
3: Months the swimmers’ costumes usually last before they need to be replaced.
$1 billion: Amount of money the show surpassed in ticket sales in 2011.
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