U2: By the numbers

July 15, 2011 at 7:22PM
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U2 performed in Denver, Colorado (Wireimage/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

$850,000

Cost per day to keep the show on the road

4 days and 2 days

Set up and teardown of the stage

3

Stages traveling from city to city so U2 can perform in multiple cities per week

$25 million

Approximate cost to build each stage

204

Traveling crew members

1,500

Local workers hired to set up and tear down stage

48

Trucks to transport pieces of each 360,000- pound stage

$717 million

Ticket-sales gross for the 360° Tour

7 million

Number of tickets sold

58,000

Seating capacity for TCF Bank Stadium

96,540

Largest attendance at one show, in Paris

110

Concerts on 360° Tour

2

Concerts after Minneapolis until tour ends

30

Countries visited on 360° Tour

$15 million

Cost of delay due to Bono's back injury

25

Months since 360° Tour started

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