eBay Live! -- The Gory Details

At the end of an epic movie, when the credits roll, we sometimes get nuggets of information about the lead characters (such as "Paulie 'The Scowl' Azzuri entered the Witness Protection Program and now lives quietly, making hand-painted dolls," or "After that night, the Manila Folders never won another game" or "Jeff is still at large.")

Here then, in the same vein, are some interesting follow-up facts to nicely wrap up that epic event of two weeks ago - eBay Live! (We got these fun facts from Abby and Rebecca, the heart of the organizing force behind eBay Live!) Enjoy!

• 10,071 people registered for eBay Live! this year.
• 96,500 pins were handed out during the 9 times we heard the foot-tapping beats of the "Celebration song" (kudos to the hard work of pinrunners like Aubry).
• 9800 people attended education classes.
• 6000 people came to the Keynote.
• 16 times the fire alarm went off when Bill Cobb was rehearsing the Keynote.
• 7000 people went through the clapping tunnel - in 30 minutes. (Wow!)
• 655 staff from eBay, Inc.
• 1 time the fire alarm went off at the Westin and the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, unnerving many (except Jeff, who, thinking the fire alarm was playing "Celebration," handed out pins to puzzled hotel staff. Just kidding - actually he was in the gym and missed the drama).
• 1902 books sold in the first ever eBay Live! Bookstore.
• 130 exhibitors on the Solutions Center Floor.
• 33 eBay booths.
• 72 hours to set up the show floor. (And only 4 hours to tear it down after the event - a nice indication of the contrast between creation and destruction.)
• 5 layers of padding under the carpet at the PayPal booth (perhaps to cushion the droves of members swooning with joy at the Security Key?)
• 1 person run over by a scooter, went to the ER for injuries and still made it back in time for the Gala! (That's the true eBay Live! spirit!)
• 656 PowerSellers went to the PowerSellers dinner on Thursday night.
• 857 Top Sellers attended the Top Seller Reception.
• 1 Developers Conference with 550 attendees.

And last, but certainly not least....

61,171 pounds of food served during events at eBay Live! (and that doesn't include the 15,000 sodas given out during the Thirst Quencher Breaks in PowerSeller Central.) Now those are truly impressive numbers.