Games Overview presentation

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Vancouver 2010 Canadas Games David
Guscott Executive Vice President Celebrations and
Partnerships
Sunday, September 20, 2009
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Celebrate the PossibleVancouver Organizing
Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic
Winter Games (VANOC)
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2010 Winter GamesThe numbers
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Vancouver 2010The numbers
(estimated numbers)
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Vancouver 2010Making these Canadas Games
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Government Partners Partenaires gouvernementaux
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Contributing Provinces Provinces contributrices
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Host First Nations Premières nations hôtes
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2010 Commerce Centre
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Canadas GamesTourism partners

• Tourism agencies for Canada, BC, Whistler,
  Vancouver and Richmond created Tourism Consortium
  four years ago
• Learned from Sydney 2000 and Salt Lake 2002 of
  tangible benefits to growing countrys brand via
  Games media exposure
• Specific media outreach initiatives include
  distributing high def b-roll at World
  Broadcasters Briefing on iTouch units
• Programs planned and funded for two years
  post-Games to harvest the after-glow

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National Partners Partenaires nationaux
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Own the Podium Program

• Objectives for 2010
• Become the top medal winner at the Olympic
  Winter Games
• Finish in the top three nations at the
  Paralympic Winter Games

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Torch Relays

• The 2010 Olympic Torch Relay
• The Olympic Flame begins in October 2009 in
  Olympia, Greece
• It will then start its cross-Canada journey,
  touching the soul of the nation in every
  province and territory
• 100 days of activities and celebrations
• 45,000 kilometres
• 12,000 torchbearers (300 metres each)

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Funding the Games

• The Games are governed by two budgets
• Venue construction (capital) budget 580 million
• Operating budget 1.63 billion

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Operating BudgetRevenue Sources

• About 95 of operating costs covered by private
  sector
• Broadcast Rights
• Donations/Disposal of Assets
• Licensing, Merchandise, Coins
• Sponsorships
• Domestic
• International
• Suppliers
• Ticket Sales

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Vancouver 2010 Competition Venues
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Venues Completed Two Years in Advance

• More than just a competitive advantage for
  athletes and reassurance that the 2010 Winter
  Games are well organized
• Strong signal that Canadians are excellent
  project managers and can deliver on time and on
  budget

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Venue Timeline and legacies

• 2005-08 Venue Construction
• 2007-09 Venue Testing
• Late 2009 Overlay
• Temporary components to prepare
• the venues for Games time in 2010.

(Venue construction at the Richmond Olympic Oval,
where Speed Skating competitions will be held in
2010)
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Competition Venues

• Canada Hockey PlaceIce HockeyCapacity 18,630

UBC Thunderbird ArenaIce Hockey, Ice Sledge
HockeyCapacity 7,200
Vancouver Olympic Centre/ Vancouver Paralympic
CentreCurling, Wheelchair CurlingCapacity 6,250
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Competition Venues

• Richmond Olympic OvalSpeed SkatingCapacity
  8,000

Pacific ColiseumFigure Skating and Short Track,
Speed Skating Capacity 14,239
Cypress MountainFreestyle Skiing,
SnowboardCapacity 12,000
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Whistler Competition Venues

• Whistler Olympic Park/
• Whistler Paralympic ParkBiathlon, Cross-Country
  Skiing (Olympic and Paralympic), Ski Jumping,
  Nordic CombinedCapacity Olympic 12,000,
  Paralympic 6,000

Whistler CreeksideAlpine SkiingCapacity
Olympic 7,600, Paralympic 6,000
The Whistler Sliding CentreBobsleigh, Luge and
SkeletonCapacity 12,000
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Vancouver 2010 Non-Competition Venues
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Ceremonies Venues

• BC Place, VancouverOlympic and Paralympic
  Opening Ceremonies, Olympic Closing Ceremony,
  Nightly Victory Ceremonies and Cultural festival
• Whistler Celebration PlazaParalympic Closing
  Ceremony, Nightly Victory Ceremonies

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Ceremonies

• Olympic Winter Games Opening and Closing
  Ceremonies
• First time in Olympic Games history the Olympic
  Opening/Closing Ceremonies will be staged indoors
• Paralympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony (BC
  Place), Closing  Ceremony (Whistler)
• Nightly Victory Ceremonies
• Each Contributing Province and
• Territory will be featured
• BC Place (Vancouver)
• Whistler Olympic/Paralympic Celebration Plaza
• Celebration sites
• Live City Vancouver
• O-Zone Richmond
• Whistler Olympic/Paralympic Celebration Plaza

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Non-Competition Venues

• Main Media Centre, Vancouver
• Whistler Media Centre

Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre
Whistler
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Non-Competition Venues

• Olympic and Paralympic Village
• Vancouver and Whistler
• Accommodation for athletes and officials

Whistler
Vancouver
Whistler
Vancouver
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Vancouver 2010How are we doing?
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Canadas GamesDes Jeux pour tout le Canada

• This is our time to shine, our time to show the
  world who we are and what we can do from coast
  to coast to coast.
• - John Furlong, VANOC CEO
• Cest loccasion pour nous de briller, de montrer
  au monde qui nous sommes et ce que nous pouvons
  accomplir, dun océan à lautre.
• - John Furlong, Directeur général du COVAN

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