In July of 2003 Vancouver was selected being the host for those 2010 Winter Olympics. Officially referred to as the XXI Winter Olympics, it's going to held February 12-28 2010. This is finally Olympics that are hosted by Canada. Rrt's going to join the 1976 Summer Olympics as well as the 1998 Winter Olympics.
It is actually expected to accommodate 5,500 athletes and officials from 80 countries who definitely are participating. There'll be some other 10,000 representatives in the media and also 25,000 volunteers.
The competitions will be located in 7 different venues in Vancouver. They're Canada Hockey Place, which is the Vancouver Canucks home rink and also knows as GM Place. The other place for hockey is a UBC Thunderbird Arena. Pacific Coliseum will be the figure skating and short track locations. The Vancouver Olympic Centre stands out as the center of the curling competition. The place to find out the long track speed skating and short track speed skating events will be the Richmond Olympic Oval. Finally, Cypress Mountain is a area for the skiing and snowboarding events.
This years BC Winter Olympics frequent lowering and raising ceremonies shall be conducted at BC Place. Along with frequent lowering and raising ceremonies the BC Place will hold the metal presentation victory ceremonies each night. Providing a piece location for the expected media is the Main Media Centre that are located in the Canada Place offices and Vancouver Convention Centre.
The sports events coming about can be Alpine skiing, Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Cross-country skiing, Curling, Figure skating, Freestyle skiing, Ice hockey, Luge, Nordic combined, short track speed skating, Skeleton, Ski jumping, Snowboarding, and Speed skating.
Vancouver carries a long and interesting history dating back to thousands of years to when just native people thrived relating to the sustenance gained through the forest and river. It is shown the fact that Coast Salish everyone was settled in your neighborhood by 500BC. There are a number notable accomplishments in Vancouver's great history. Hudson Bay Company established its headquarters in 1825. Its home to the oldest living apple tree in your American planted in 1826. It's home to the pioneer sawmill on the Western inbuilt 1827. It boasts the oldest permanent non-native settlement inside the American only to name a few.
Today Vancouver would be the 8th largest city in Canada boasting one of the several mildest climates by having an climate of three degrees Celsius in January to 18 degrees Celsius in July. Trading over $75 billion in goods yearly it truly is home of Canada's largest port. It features a diverse industry base of film, software, biotech, forest and mining industries. It is additionally North America's top place to go for international meetings
Vancouver has over 200 parks. Essentially the most famous being Stanley Park, which can be one of the leading urban parks on the planet. Stanley Park boasts 8.85km of seawall as well as a 150-year-old forest.
Our company is eager for watching the Vancouver 2010 winter games!
