$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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