You probably knew that the CHIO Aachen was BIG – but let’s take a look at some of the facts and figures
5 Disciplines
Jumping, dressage, eventing, driving, vaulting
Participants
350 riders, drivers and vaulters from 30 countries, 550 horses (total number of horses: 950 incl. horses that take part in the show programme and the side events)
Visitors
348,200 in 2016
Most important competitions
Rolex Grand Prix
Mercedes-Benz Nations’ Cup
Deutsche Bank Prize
Prize-money
Total (including Special Trophies): approximately 2.7 million Euros
Budget
14.5 million Euros
Media / TV
600 journalists and over 200 TV employees
TV coverage: 30 hours of national coverage, of which over 25 hours were programmes showing pure sport
International coverage: broadcasts in over 140 countries
Employees/Volunteers
Approximately 1,200
Including among others:
64 judges and officials
39 stewards
325 ground stewards
34 medical employees, plus Malteser staff and emergency doctors
47 shuttle service employees
VIP area
Hostesses: 70
Restaurants: 4
Sponsor lounges: 5
Horse Accommodation
430 permanent stables
18,000 kg of oats
18,000 kg of hay
1,500 bales of straw
600 bales of straw (for bedding)
Veterinary Centre
4 stables, 2 examination rooms, X-ray room, darkroom, pharmacy, laboratory, 30 employees in the veterinarian area
CHIO-Village
Over 200 exhibitors from all over the world
Over 230 tents
Total area of the tents (including food): 22,000 square metres
43 kilometres of cables have to be laid – the contents of three large sea freight containers
Products: From fashion through to Mercedes-Benz cars
And if you've never been and want to get a feel of what it's (almost) really like, take a virtual reality tour around CHIO Aachen
