- 5,150 ball guests
- 150 debutant couples
- more than 40,000 glasses
- 1,000 tablecloths
- 4,000 pieces of cutlery
- 600 champagne coolers
- 1,300 bottles of sparkling wine and champagne
- 900 bottles of wine
- 900 bottles of beer
- 2,500 pairs of sausages
- 1,000 petits fours and sandwiches
- 1,300 goulash soups
- 320 catering staff during the ball
Vienna Opera Ball
Facts & Figures
- approx. 2.5 million TV spectators
- 30 hours for converting the opera house into a ball room, 21 hours for dismantling
- 3500 children attending the Magic Flute for Children on the day after the Vienna Opera Ball (in the setting of the ball decoration)
- Volume of orders placed with 50 companies totalling approx. € 1.4 million for conversion and dismantling works
- 350 skilled workers and 150 auxiliaries during the conversion phase
- 80 flat-bed trucks for the dance floor, the boxes and the cladding elements
- 171 flower bouquets and 480 floral arrangements
- 150 musicians