In July of 2003 Vancouver was selected when the host in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Officially referred to as the XXI Winter Olympics, will probably be held February 12-28 2010. This will be your third Olympics that have been hosted by Canada. It would join the 1976 Summer Olympic Games and also 1998 Winter Olympics.
It truly is most likely to accommodate 5,500 athletes and officials from 80 countries who will be participating. You will have another 10,000 representatives through the media along with 25,000 volunteers.
The competitions would be stuck 7 different venues in Vancouver. Many are Canada Hockey Place, the Vancouver Canucks home rink and also knows as GM Place. Additional location for hockey may be the UBC Thunderbird Arena. Pacific Coliseum stands out as the figure skating and short track locations. The Vancouver Olympic Centre stands out as the center on the curling competition. The area to work out the long track speed skating and short track speed skating events stands out as the Richmond Olympic Oval. Finally, Cypress Mountain are the area for the skiing and snowboarding events.
This years BC Winter Olympics rasing and lowering ceremonies would be conducted at BC Place. In addition to rasing and lowering ceremonies the BC Place holds the metal presentation victory ceremonies every night. Providing a work area for the expected media is a Main Media Centre that are found 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 possesses a long and interesting history dating back 1,000 years to when just native people thrived on the sustenance gained within the forest and river. Experts agree it is shown that Coast Salish citizens were settled in your neighborhood by 500BC. There are numerous notable accomplishments in Vancouver's great history. Hudson Bay Company established its headquarters in 1825. It really is home to the oldest living apple tree around the Western planted in 1826. It absolutely was the home of the main sawmill inside North american built in 1827. It boasts the oldest permanent non-native settlement while in the Western the choices name some.
Today Vancouver could be the 8th largest city in Canada boasting among the list of mildest climates having an conditions of 3 degrees Celsius in January to 18 degrees Celsius in July. Trading over $75 billion in goods yearly it can be home of Canada's largest port. It comes with a diverse industry base of film, software, biotech, forest and mining industries. It is North America's top place to go for international meetings
Vancouver has over 200 parks. The foremost famous being Stanley Park, that may be the most significant urban parks on the globe. Stanley Park boasts 8.85km of seawall and then a 150-year-old forest.
Everyone is looking towards watching the Vancouver 2010 winter games!
