If I had 300 million dollars

We watched the opening ceremonies last night. It was an amazing show. Awe inspiring. But isn't spending $300,000,000 on a 4 hour show somewhat excessive? Especially when almost half of that show is a bunch of athletes marching around?

What would have been really impressive was if the Chinese had announced at the beginning of the show that instead of spending a ridiculous amount of money on a show, they decided to do something productive with it!