Opening ceremonies tomorrow night. Always interesting to see but it won't be as "spectacular" as what the Chinese did. And IMO, that's a good thing. It's great to see our neighbors to the north host the games. If you've never visited Vancouver BC you're missing out on a gorgeous, vibrant international city. Also it's a great place to party, lol. One rather large gripe with NBC, here we are on the same coast, same time zone as the winter games and the network has decided to show the games live on the east coast and put us on the west coast on a 3hr delay. So annoying. If they are so worried about filling the 8pm-11pm time slot on the west coast if they show the games to us live just rerun it again. Smaller gripe, get rid of all of the BS people broadcasting up there. Half of KGW's news team is up there right now. They add nothing to the coverage. It's not like they report or contribute anything of importance or value. NBC limits what they can do stories on so it doesn't interfere (or scoop) their national coverage. It screams "free trip to the Olympics on the stations dime" to me.
The before and after of Vancouver when control of Hong Kong was returned back to the Chinese is amazing. So much money rolled into that city it was unbelievable. The city has always been nice but now it's very impressive. It's funny how people on the West Coast USA just do not realize what a major metropolitan Vancouver is.
PDC is using Vancouver, BC as a template with their new development. The long-term vision of SoWa is very Vancouver-esqe.
I'll always talk trash about Vancouver because of family who live there, but goddamn I wish I was there right now. Had plans to but ultimately had to bail on them due to insufficient funds. I can't wait for Olympic hockey.
Same. Not a huge fan of NHL hockey, but I love Olympic hockey. The wider rinks make all the "mucking it up" tactics (left wing lock, neutral zone trap) ineffective, so you get a much more wide-open, free-flowing game.
"As Vancouver prepares to host the Winter Olympics, the city continues to struggle with a vicious drugs war. Dozens have been killed in escalating turf battles that have spread far beyond the city limits. But it is a war that has its roots even further away, in Mexico." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8505061.stm
Wonder how the new construction is going to turn out. I hate how the main entry way into the city center is that two lane road...so bush league.
The winter games never really catch my attention like the summer games do, but I still love them. I just find the swimming, basketball, running, etc a little bit more captivating.
Breaking news: Luger just died after hitting a metal pole during a practice run. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/13/sports/olympics/13luge.html
i find all of the olympics lame as fuck. maybe basketball is the exception, but can't believe people get amped up over figurskating or running. wtf.
Horrible.....RIP Nodar Kumaritashvili Wow...lots of people complaining they made the course too hard and dangerous....I wonder if the track can be changed...doubt it
Anyone know if they will be streaming the olympics again? I watched a lot of events online for the summer games, and I'd like to be able to do that again.
