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\"Octoberfest\"Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is the biggest Bavarian culture festival outside of Germany and its celebrating its\u00a045th anniversary this year, but just how big is K-W Oktoberfest?<\/p>\n

The CBC put together a breakdown by the numbers – and we added in one of our own:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong>\u00a0Length of festival:\u00a09 days<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0<\/strong>Visitors: over 700,000<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong>\u00a0Estimated economic activity generated by Oktoberfest: $21 million<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong>\u00a0Money collected by non-profit organizations during Oktoberfest:\u00a0$1.5 million<\/p>\n

5.<\/strong>\u00a0Number of non-profit organizations that benefit from Oktoberfest:\u00a050<\/p>\n

6.<\/strong>\u00a0Number of volunteers:\u00a01,780<\/p>\n

7.<\/strong>\u00a0Estimated number of spectators on the Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day Parade route:\u00a0150,000<\/p>\n

8.<\/strong>\u00a0TV viewers nationwide who tune to watch the Oktoberfest parade:\u00a01.8 million<\/p>\n

9.<\/strong>\u00a0Places to sit (in the beer\u00a0halls):\u00a018,870<\/p>\n

10.<\/strong>\u00a0Number of pretzels consumed:\u00a025,000<\/p>\n

11.<\/strong>\u00a0Number of sausages consumed: 51,750<\/p>\n

12.<\/strong>\u00a0Number of official keg\u00a0tappings:\u00a040\u00a0(40% are tapped in first few days)\"6241110482_91217a3b28_z\"<\/p>\n

13<\/strong>. Price of a 12 oz. beer:\u00a0$4.75 – $5.75<\/p>\n

14.<\/strong>\u00a0Number of free rides given away by Grand River Transit:\u00a014,000 – 18,000<\/p>\n

15.<\/strong>\u00a0Estimated cost of free rides:\u00a0$40,000<\/p>\n

16.<\/strong>\u00a0Number of police RIDE programs during Oktoberfest:\u00a016<\/p>\n

17.<\/strong>\u00a0Number of police officers conducting RIDE spot checks:\u00a0150<\/p>\n

18.<\/strong>\u00a0Number of impaired drivers arrested (in 2012):\u00a05<\/p>\n

19.<\/strong>\u00a0Number of drivers who received a roadside suspension (in 2012):\u00a06<\/p>\n

20.<\/strong>\u00a0Provincial funding for RIDE programs during Oktoberfest:\u00a0$23,000<\/p>\n

21.<\/strong>\u00a0Number of officers in the Oktoberfest police unit:\u00a070<\/p>\n

22.<\/strong>\u00a0Number of arrests for public intoxication (in 2012):\u00a017<\/p>\n

23.\u00a0<\/strong>Number of cases of alcohol poisoning: Waterloo Region EMS does not track alcohol poisoning cases<\/p>\n

24.<\/strong>\u00a0Number of Waterloo Region EMS staff on-hand:\u00a02 paramedics working 12 hour shifts<\/p>\n

25.\u00a0<\/strong>Number of Parade Entries:\u00a0168 parade entries — 12 bands, 35 floats, and 121 special entries<\/p>\n

\"bodybreak\"26.<\/strong>\u00a0This year’s Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day Parade grand marshals: Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod of BodyBreak fame.<\/p>\n

27.<\/strong>\u00a0Number of Fibernetics, NEWT and Worldline folks who will be in attendance? All of us.<\/p>\n

From all of us here to all our fabulous customers, Ein Prosit and Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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