2010 Winter Games Venues

The venues for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games stretch over a 120-kilometre zone from the shores of Richmond, just south of Vancouver, through Vancouver’s downtown centre north to the snowy peaks of the mountain resort of Whistler.
The List of venues are as under:

• Canada Hockey Place
• Pacific Coliseum
• UBC Thunderbird Arena
• Vancouver Olympic Centre/Vancouver Paralympic Centre
• The Whistler Sliding Centre
• Whistler Creekside
• Whistler Olympic Park
• Richmond Oval
• Cypress Mountain

Vancouver Attractions

Every city has its visitor must-dos. Vancouver boasts 12 top-rated, essential stops. Together they make up an unsurpassed lineup of cultural, historic and natural experiences.
Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel

• Capilano Suspension Bridge
• Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden
• Grouse Mountain
• Harbour Cruises & Events
• Hell’s Gate
• IMAX Theater
• Minter Gardens
• Science World
• Stanley Park Horse - Drawn Tours
• Vancouver Aquarium
• Vancouver Lookout

Vancouver - The City of 2010 Olympics

Vancouver is Host City of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games . Surrounded by spectacular natural beauty, the City of Vancouver is recognized as one of the world's most livable cities, renowned for its innovative programs and leading in the areas of sustainability, accessibility and inclusivity.

History

Archaeological evidence shows that coastal Indians had settled the Vancouver area by 500 B.C. British naval captain George Vancouver explored the area in 1792. Vancouver was founded as a sawmill settlement called Granville in the 1870s. The city was incorporated in 1886 and renamed after Captain Vancouver.

Population

With a population of about 600,000 (BC Stats estimate), Vancouver lies in a region of more than 2 million people. Vancouver is the largest city in the province of British Columbia and the third largest in Canada. It covers an area of 114 sq km.

Location and climate

Vancouver is located in the southwest corner of Canada in the province of British Columbia, at about 49° Latitude and 123° Longitude, next to the Pacific Ocean. Click to view map.
Vancouver is surrounded by water on three sides and overlooked by the Coast Range - mountains that rise abruptly to more than 1,500 m. Its climate is one of the mildest in Canada. Temperatures average 3°C in January and 18°C in July. Vancouver's average annual precipitation is 1,219 mm. Most rainfall occurs in winter.

Vancouver Open Invitation

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Video

Vancouver is Host City of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games . Vancouver 2010 is an open invitation for everyone to share in the Olympic and Paralympics journey, to find and step up to their own podium. It is about creating everyday champions, every day. From sport and the arts to technology. This is the great chance to see your best player in the great exciting event where you can see the a lot of world heros just in one tournament. Don't miss the chance to see your favourite player.

About Vancouver Culture, Education and Peoples.

Vancouver is known for many things: the beauty of its mountains, the ocean at its door, bike and walking paths that circle the city, golf courses galore. It’s a wonderful place for outdoor enthusiasts, but it is also much more.

Vancouver is home to a wide range of cultures and a vibrant arts scene. From Aboriginal and Asian dance to classical opera and avant-garde theatre, modern art to state-of-the art animation technology, some of Canada’s best performers and most creative minds live and work here.

For the sake of Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Vancouver Olympics management is going to organize some cultural events to boost Olympics memories in their peoples.

2008 Celebration
February 1 – March 21, 2008
2009 Celebration
February 1 – March 21, 2009
Olympic and Paralympic Arts Festival
January 22 – March 21, 2010

Thousands of interviews for Vancouver 2010

More than 3,600 phone screen and face-to-face interviews per month to begin in July

Facts and figures about Vancouver 2010 volunteer applicants to date:

Canadians make up 95 per cent of all applicants
Of the total number of Canadians who have applied to volunteer:
59 percent are from British Columbia
20 percent are from Ontario
8 percent are from Alberta
International volunteer applications have been received from 96 countries including Venezuela, Lithuania, Barbados and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
38 per cent of the volunteer applicants who can speak French fluently are from British Columbia
44 per cent of applicants are male and 56 per cent are female
22 per cent of applicants are between the ages of 18 and 24
Although the 2010 Winter Games are still 20 months away, VANOC currently has approximately 430 pre-Games volunteers actively engaged in planning the event

Cost of Canadian 2010 Winter escalate Olympics

A construction boom in western Canada has sharply pushed up the cost of preparations for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, forcing organisers to ask for a 23 per cent increase in financial support from federal and provincial governments.

The organising committee said on Friday that it now estimated the construction budget at C$580m ($505m), up from its 2002 estimate of C$470m. Some of the Olympic venues are located in Vancouver and others in the ski resort of Whistler, a two-and-a-half hour drive to the north.
The amounts exclude infrastructure improvements, such as a new subway line to Vancouver airport and widening the highway between Vancouver and Whistler.

According to the Olympics committee, the budget overrun has been contained by C$85m in belt-tightening measures. Some venues have been redesigned, and the media broadcast centre has been shifted to a cheaper location.

Critics of the Vancouver bid contend that the extra costs should be borne by private businesses that will benefit from the Games, not by taxpayers. Mr Furlong said that “we are determined not to return to the taxpayers of Canada for additional public funds to complete the venue programme”.

Vancouver 2010 Olympics - Photos and Gallery

About Vancouver Olympics

The event where we can see a lot of sports events, lots of competitions, different players of different countries, different types of venues, different cultural peoples and different emotion that is the ‘Olympic’. Olympic is the king of all the sports tournament. In 2010, the another Olympic event is going to take place i-e Vancouver.The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, will take place in 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Both the Olympic and Paralympic Games are being organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC).The 2010 Winter Olympics will be the third Olympics hosted by Canada, and the first by the province of British Columbia. Previously, Canada was home to the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. The villages of Whistler and Garibaldi bid for the games in 1976 but failed to win. These will also be the first games to be held in an NHL market since the league allowed its players to participate starting in 1998.Following Olympic tradition, current Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, which was also attended by Governor General Michaëlle Jean and Premier of British Columbia, Gordon Campbell. The flag was raised on February 28, 2006, in a special flag raising ceremony, and will be on display at Vancouver's city hall until the Olympic opening ceremony. At the same time, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement that the Olympic flame had begun its journey to Vancouver