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CutiePie2000 07-02-2003 12:05 PM

Yeah, baby! My hometown of Vancouver, BC shall host the 2010 Winter Olympics!
 
WOO HOO!http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/topstory/news/...r2010_wins.jpg

DeltAlum 07-02-2003 12:11 PM

Congratulations!! That's great news. Especially since my former collegues at NBC just won the US rights to those games. Maybe I'll come up and work a venue.

sigtau305 07-02-2003 12:16 PM

Congratulations.

angelic1 07-02-2003 12:18 PM

YEAH!! I just watched them announcing it...

I am really excited bc I just moved to Seattle.. I know that we will still be here then so I know that I am going to try and go!! :D

CatStarESP4 07-02-2003 12:55 PM

Congratulations Vancouver!

http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmili.../pinkieone.gif http://smilies.crowd9.com/contrib/bl...milecrunch.gif http://burns.thefinaldimension.org/o...k/smily012.gif

SigkapAlumWSU 07-02-2003 03:32 PM

That is so exciting. It's not in Washington, but close enough for us all to feel the influx of people to come!

bcdphie 07-02-2003 04:29 PM

WooHoo!!!

http://www.cbc.ca/vancouver2010/gfx/...celebrates.jpg

Jill1228 07-02-2003 07:37 PM

Yup....woke up to the News this morning. My husband and in-laws are beside themselves...

Kinda weird...the only American in a Canadian household....

Dionysus 07-02-2003 07:40 PM

Congratulations! Woo hoo!!!

Lady Pi Phi 07-02-2003 08:31 PM

YAY VANCOUVER!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!


AND YAY TO ALL OF CANADA!!!!

KillarneyRose 07-02-2003 08:56 PM

Congratulations to Vancouver and Canada! :)

And you guys even managed to snag an Olympics without the bribery and corruption that our USOC employed to get them held in Salt Lake City! :D

bruinaphi 07-02-2003 10:06 PM

I was SO excited when I saw this on the news this morning. YEAH Vancouver!!!!

I just hope that this news doesn't drive up the popularity and price of Whistler even more.

LD

The1calledTKE 07-02-2003 10:07 PM

Calgery, now Vancouver? Seesh they let anyone host the olympics!! So j/k

Congrats!!!!!!:)

Jill1228 07-02-2003 10:25 PM

Ya know it will....I haven't been there in 5 years :(

Quote:

Originally posted by lauradav
I was SO excited when I saw this on the news this morning. YEAH Vancouver!!!!

I just hope that this news doesn't drive up the popularity and price of Whistler even more.

LD


bcdphie 07-03-2003 01:03 AM

Well we are already seeing the economic benefits of being an Olympic city. The loonie is now almost at $.75 US and Intrawest (the company that pretty owns Whistler and Blackcomb and is a Canadian company) brought in $2 million within minutes of the bid being annouced and their stock shot up $.50 :eek: . My only concern about the Olympics will be real estate since prices in Vanc and Whistler have always been insanely high and I will be looking to buy in the next few years... But my boyfriend's dad whistler condo should be worth quite a mint now.

It still hasn't quite sunk in yet, even though I've watched Jaques Rogge's anouncement so many times today on various news stations, but I have been looking at the city today thinking wow, we are now an Olympic city and how amazing are these olympics going to be.

I just drove past the Thunder Bird winter centre at UBC and started to envision the new arena that will be built in its place and all the wonderful new infrastructures Vanc and Whistler are going to see. Wow.


The provincial and federal government are throwing us a party this saturday to celebrate our win. You know you live in a cool country when your Prime Minister (or equivalent thereof) wants to throw you a party. Thanks Jean and Gordo!


Ok time to shut up and go watch some more news
:D


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