THE VOLTA BIG TOP TOUR IN NUMBERS
The tour crew is composed of 140 people from 25 countries, including:
- 126 full-time employees:
- 47 artists
- 27 show technicians (13 per show)
- 3 wardrobe employees
- 14 family members
- The VOLTA wardrobe is composed of 230 items of costumes and accessories, totaling 500 meters of fabrics
- Up to 400 meals are served every day to the numerous employees who bring VOLTA to life
- 70 semi-trailer trucks are required to transport all the equipment
- The Big Top requires approximately 6 days to set up and 2 days to tear down
- The Big Top canvases are handmade. It takes 14 artisans and between 10 and 12 weeks to hand make the Cirque du Soleil canvases
- Each Big Top is equipped with one weather station to monitor the winds and the weather
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VOLTA IN OAKS
- $2 million spent locally in the Oaks area in:
- employees’ daily needs, accommodation and well-being:
- Lodging
- Transport
- Food
- local direct labor
- operational needs (rental, equipment and miscellaneous needs)
- employees’ daily needs, accommodation and well-being:
- Around 150 local people employed for the direct operational needs of the show:
- Box office and customer service
- Food and beverage
- Security services
AVERAGE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF BIG TOP SHOWS
- The estimated economic impact of a Big Top show in the USA is from $14 million to $20 million per city.
Estimation based on internal Cirque du Soleil analysis of the USA markets, and presented in a press release.
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