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The Vancouver Games
General Information
  • Website: www.Vancouver2010.com
  • Dates: Feb. 12 to 28, 2010 (Paralympics March 12 to 21, 2010)
  • Sports: 16 sports
  • Venues: 9 total; 4 in Vancouver, 3 in Whistler, 1 in Richmond and 1 in West Vancouver
  • Volunteers: It’s the chance of a lifetime to join the team of Vancouver 2010 volunteers. As Canada prepares to welcome the world through the planning and staging of Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, no job is too small. Every task and every contribution matters. Much like the five Olympic Rings which are intertwined, volunteers are all linked together equally. Strength comes from the bonds formed between each link . . . from each and every person contributing to the success of the Games. Be a partner in passion. Volunteer Now!
VANOC
VANOC History
  • The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) was established on September 30, 2003. The Committee’s mandate is to support and promote the development of sport in Canada by planning, organizing, financing and staging the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. VANOC is guided by a 20-member board of directors nominated by the Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, the Resort Municipality of Whistler, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and local First Nations. The Vancouver 2010 mission is to touch the soul of the nation and inspire the world by creating and delivering an extraordinary Olympic and Paralympic experience with lasting legacies. The vision is to build a stronger Canada whose spirit is raised by its passion for sport, culture and sustainability.
Vancouver Office
  • Address:
    • #400 – 3585 Graveley Street
    Vancouver, BC
    V5K 5J5
    Canada
  • Main: +1.778.328.2010
  • Toll-Free: +1.877.408.2010
  • Fax: +1.778.328.2011
  • TTY: +1.866.645.2010
  • E-mail: info@vancouver2010.com
Whistler Office
  • Address:
    • #202 – 1002 Lynham Road
    Whistler, BC
    V0N 1B1
    Canada
  • Main: +1.604.966.2572
VANOC Executive Board
  • John Furlong, CEO
  • Dave Cobb, EVP, Revenue / Marketing
  • Cathy Priestner Allinger, EVP, Sport and Games
  • Terry Wright, EVP, Services and Games Operations
Coordination Commission for Vancouver 2010
CHAIRPERSON
  • René FASEL , Switzerland
MEMBERS
  • Fraser BULLOCK, USA
  • Ottavio CINQUANTA, Italy
  • Gian-Franco KASPER, Switzerland
  • Gunilla LINDBERG, Sweden
  • José Luis MARCO, Argentina
  • HRH the Prince of ORANGE, Netherlands
  • Tsunekazu TAKEDA, Japan
  • Rita VAN DRIEL, Netherlands
  • Pernilla WIBERG, Sweden
General Media Information
Main Media Centre
  • Located at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre on the city’s downtown waterfront, the Main Media Centre (MMC) will house the Main Press Centre (MPC) and the International Broadcast Centre (IBC). This venue allows VANOC to provide a common location with shared services for press and broadcasters, as has been done in previous Olympic Winter Games in Torino and Salt Lake City.

    The existing convention centre facilities, located within the Canada Place complex, will be the site of the Main Press Centre providing workspace for the approximately 2,800 accredited members of the written and photographic press. It will host the shared services for all media (press and broadcasters). The International Broadcast Centre will be housed in the convention centre expansion providing workspace for some 7,000 accredited broadcasters and technicians who will produce live television and radio coverage of the 2010 Winter Games.

MMC Location
  • The Main Press Centre’s downtown Vancouver location is only three kilometers from the Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Village and within walking distance to BC Place (Opening and Closing Ceremonies, Victory Ceremonies) and Canada Hockey Place (the main competition venue for ice hockey).
Paralympic Press Operations
  • Current plans for the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games include two enhanced Venue Media Centres that will provide extended hours of service to the press.

    In Vancouver, an enhanced Venue Media Centre at UBC Thunderbird Arena (site of ice sledge hockey) will begin operations on March 6, 2010, five days before the Paralympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony.

    In Whistler, the enhanced Venue Media Centre will be at Whistler Creekside (site of alpine skiing).

    Venue Media Centres will also operate at Whistler Paralympic Park (site of cross-country skiing and biathlon) and Vancouver Paralympic Centre (site of wheelchair curling).

    A press and photo work area will be available in the WMC, in conjunction with the nightly Paralympic Victory Ceremonies, to provide journalists and photographers with opportunities to file stories and photos from a location close to site of the ceremonies.

VANOC Media Relations
VANOC Press Operations
2010 Olympic Venues
Canada Hockey Place
  • Ice Hockey
Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre
  • Curling
  • Wheelchair Curling (Paralympic)
Pacific Coliseum
  • Figure Skating
  • Short Track Speed Skating
UBC Thunderbird Arena
  • Ice Hockey
  • Ice Sledge Hockey
The Whistler Sliding Centre
  • Bobsleigh
  • Luge
  • Skeleton
Whistler Creekside
  • Alpine Skiing
Whistler Olympic/Paralympic Park
  • Biathlon
  • Biathlon (Paralympic)
  • Cross-Country Skiing
  • Cross-Country Skiing (Paralympic)
  • Nordic Combined
  • Ski Jumping
Richmond Olympic Oval
  • Speed Skating
Cypress Mountain
  • Freestyle Skiing/
  • Snowboard
Paralympics
International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  • The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games and serves as the International Federation for nine sports. The IPC is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to developing sport opportunities for persons with disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality.
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