Free and pricey sites to woo Vancouver Olympic crowds
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The City of Vancouver will host two free sites for the public to watch events
and live entertainment during the 2010 Winter Games. People who want to
experience the roar of the crowds during the
www.vancouver2010.com, but don't
have tickets, will still have several options for watching the events |
LiveCity Vancouver
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2 High-quality, secure, family-friendly locations
Free of charge
Large LED screens showing Olympic and Paralympics eventsThe two sites will be joined by a walkway down Hamilton Street and both LiveCity
sites will be open from late morning to late evening, throughout the Olympic
Games, but only the West Georgia site will be remain open for the Paralympics
Games in March.
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LiveCity Yaletown
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LiveCity Yaletown will offer over
18,580 square metres of celebration space at the waterfront David Lam Park.
Situated along the waters of
False Creek and adjacent to Vancouver’s trendy Yaletown district and the
Yaletown Canada Line station, this
location is bordered on the north by Pacific Boulevard, on the south by False
Creek, the east by Drake Street and west by Homer Street.
LiveCity Yaletown will be open during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games (February 11
to 28, 2010) Proposed hours 11 am to 11 pm, seven days a week. |
LiveCity Yaletown Location
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LiveCity Downtown
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The former bus depot site, with 11,800 square metres of space, will host Olympic
and Paralympic sport and culture programming. This location, in the heart of
downtown Vancouver and next to the Stadium SkyTrain station, is bordered by
Dunsmuir Street to the north, West Georgia Street to the south, Cambie Street to
the west and Beatty Street to the east.
LiveCity Downtown will be open during both the 2010 Olympic Winter Games
(February 13 – 28, 2010, daily 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 a.m.) and the 2010 Paralympic
Winter Games (March 12 – 14 and March 18 - 21, 2010 from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.) |
LiveCity Downtown Location
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Molson Canadian Hockey House
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5-star option for hockey fans
Anyone willing to fork over $500 a day will be able to watch the Olympic hockey
games in luxury seating on the big-screen televisions, while rubbing elbows with
former Team Canada players and NHL stars.
The price of admission will get ticket-holders a lineup of 17 private concerts,
complementary Molson beer and a menu prepared by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck....more
"This will be the largest free-standing pavilion ever constructed in Canada and
we're going to pack it with the best in sport entertainment and hospitality,
ensuring it's nothing less that a world-class hockey house. |
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2010 Winter Olympics Party Places
in Vancouver
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Check out a preliminary run-down of where the
2010 Winter Olympics Party Places will be at for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver during February and March 2010. |
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