Ten Expo 2020 Dubai facts
1. The Expo 2020 Dubai site of 4.38 kilometres squared is more than four times the size of the Expo Milano 2015 site
2. Expo 2020 Dubai will have its own metro station, with trains capable of transporting 23,000 passengers per hour per direction
3. Expo 2020 Dubai’s theme districts for Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability will have a combined floor area of 222,000 square metres, greater than New York City’s Grand Central Station
4. Dewa’s Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park will provide Expo 2020 Dubai with 400 megawatts of electricity, saving around 2.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year compared to coal production
5. More than 1,200 contracts have been awarded to SMEs, representing more than half of all contracts awarded by Expo 2020 Dubai
6. Merchandise during the event will be sold at one of the world’s largest souvenir outlets — a 3,000 square metre “Superstore of the Future”, an area twice the size of Dubai Mall’s ice rink
7. To date, more than 7.4 million hours have been worked on site
8. Each of the Expo site’s four gates has the capacity to handle more than 15,000 visitors per hour, with all gates being able to handle more than 60,000 visitors per hour
9. Expo 2020 Dubai has connected with more than 540 schools in the UAE, and more than 310 universities in the UAE and abroad
10. Five million meals will be needed to keep the Expo 2020 Dubai workforce fed during the six months of the Expo
