Quick List Info
Dates Open - June 14, 2008 to September 14, 2008.
Attendance - 5,650,941 visitors.
International Participants - 104 nations plus twelve international organizations. BIE lists 108 official participants.
Total Cost - Initial budget was 106,500 million pesetas ($571 million). Cost in 2008 estimated at 700 million euros ($1.07 billion).
Site Acreage - 62 acres (25 hectares).
Sanction and Type - Bureau of International Expositions Special (Recognized) Expo. Sanctioned December 16, 2004.
Ticket Cost - One Day Pass 35 euro ($55.65). One Day Pass (Average Cost) - 27.78 euro ($43.27). Season Pass (Average Cost) - 129.73 Euros. Night Season Pass (Average Cost) - 108.67 Euros.
Photo top center: Overview of Expo, 2008. Courtesy Wikipedia Commons. Column Top: Official guidebook of Expo 2008, 2008, Expo Authority. Column Bottom: Official logo of Expo 2008, 2008, Expo Authority.

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