How much money was spent in the first Olympics?

Question

How much money was spent in the first Olympics?

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Summer...

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ol...

unable to find it. but i bet it's under $50,000

but any dollars amount is not accurate anyway because $50,000 100 years ago is not equal to $50,000 today.

You can probably buy 10 houses for this price 100 years ago.

try to buy a house for $50k today....noway.....