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The IOC selected Vancouver as the Host City of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games at its session in Prague on July 2, 2003. The 2010 Olympic Winter Games will be staged in Vancouver and Whistler from February 12 to 28, 2010. Whistler will host the Paralympic Winter Games from March 12 to 21, 2010. The Nominating Entities of the Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee are the Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, the Resort Municipality of Whistler, Canadian Olympic Committee, Canadian Paralympic Committee and the Lil'wat and Squamish First Nations.

Founded in 1886, The City of Vancouver is home to more than 500,000 citizens. Including the surrounding communities, the population of the Greater Vancouver region is approximately 2 million. In a 2001 survey of the world's 200 leading cities, Vancouver was rated as the number one city in the world in terms of quality of life (William Mercer survey).

Located in one of the world's great cities and premier winter sports destinations, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will offer state-of-the-art venues and unforgettable experiences for visitors and residents alike.

Parks and facilities

  • Two major indoor ice arenas that each seat more than 15,000 people
  • Covered stadium that seats more than 55,000 people
  • 8 ice skating rinks
  • 24 community centers
  • 4 community halls
  • 183 parks including Stanley Park (405 hectares, 1000 acres)
  • 9 golf courses
  • 14 swimming pools (indoor and outdoor)
  • 181 tennis courts

(Source: http://www.vancouver2010.com/AboutVancouver2010/AboutHostCity/Default.htm)

Whistler

Whistler is home to 9,000 residents and boasts the largest ski area in North America, with more than 7,000 acres of skiable terrain. Whistler Mountain opened in 1966 and Blackcomb Mountain opened in 1980. In 1992, Snow Country Magazine voted Whistler/Blackcomb as the Number One Ski Resort in North America. Since then, various publications have continued to offer top designations to the Whistler Resort.

How many people would attend? Estimates are:

  • 5,000 athletes and officials
  • 10,000 media members
  • 14,000 volunteers
  • 2.3 million attendees

(Source: http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/olympics)

What Olympic venues and facilities would be located in Vancouver?

The following venues and facilities would be in the City of Vancouver:

  • Main Press Centre: in new trade and convention centre
  • Hockey venue (1: in General Motors Place)
  • Hockey practice facilities (in renovated ice arena at Killarney or Trout Lake Community Centre)
  • Curling venue (in new curling facility/community centre at Hillcrest Park)
  • Figure skating and short track speed skating venue (in renovated Pacific Coliseum/Hastings Park)
  • Figure skating practice facility (in renovated Agrodome at Hastings Park)
  • Short track speed skating practice facility (in temporary ice arena at Hastings Park)
  • Vancouver athletes' village (at Southeast False Creek)

What venues and facilities would be outside the City of Vancouver?

  • Curling practice facility (located at the existing Richmond Curling Club)
  • Freestyle skiing and snowboarding (at renovated facilities on Cypress Mountain)
  • Hockey venue 2 (new facility at the University of B.C. with competition and practice rinks)
  • Long track speed skating (in new facility in Richmond)
  • Alpine skiing - downhill, slalom and combined events (at renovated facilities at Whistler Creekside     and Whistler Blackcomb)
  • Nordic skiing - biathlon, cross country, ski jumping, Nordic combined (at new Whistler Nordic     Centre facility to be constructed in the Callaghan Valley)
  • Bobsleigh, luge, skeleton (at new Whistler Sliding Centre to be located on Blackcomb Mountain)
  • International Broadcasting Centre (located in proposed Richmond Trade and Convention Centre)
  • Whistler athletes' village (located in Callaghan Valley)

(Source: http://gocanada.about.com/cs/vancouver/a/olympic2010bid.htm)

What are the dates for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Games?

  • Olympic Winter Games: February 12 to 28, 2010 (17 days)
  • Winter Paralympic Games: March 12 to 21, 2010 (14 days)

(Source: http://jdpecon.home.att.net/vancouver.htm)

The Vancouver/Whistler bid to host the 2010 Winter Olympics Games was selected by the International Olympic Committee on July 2, 2003, outlasting the cities of Pyeongchang, South Korea and Salzburg, Austria in two rounds of voting.

Vancouver will beckon the world and its athletes to the Sea to Sky Games for three weeks in early 2010 and return British Columbia to the international stage of host to the great nations of the world. This event will again serve to remind us of the historic past in Vancouver with events of this caliber, as the spectacular coming Olympic Games will harken back to Expo 86 and the world's fair season two decades before.

International Host City Points of Distinction

1. Vancouver's Expo '86 was the highest ranked special category Bureau of International Exhibition per Overall Fair Factor in the history of world's fairs.

2. Attendance at the Vancouver world exposition exceeded initial estimates by 60.8% with 22.1 million attendees versus a 13.75 million projected attendance.

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