Vancouver 2010 clarification of anticipated venue completion dates

Oct 24, 2006

The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) is on schedule to complete its competition venues well in advance of the Games to allow for maximum training time for Canadian athletes and venue testing.

Contrary to information VANOC published earlier and consistent with the objectives outlined above, VANOC’s Olympic and Paralympic venue completion dates should read as follows:

Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Venues Anticipated Completion Dates
UBC ice hockey arenaSpring 2008
Richmond Speed Skating OvalFall 2008
Whistler Olympic and Paralympic (Athletes) VillageSummer 2009
Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic (Athletes) VillageFall 2009
Hillcrest curling venueFall 2008
Whistler Athlete CentreFall 2008
Whistler Sliding CentreWinter 2007 (Dec)
Whistler Nordic competition venueFall 2007
Cypress freestyle and snowboard venueFall 2007
Whistler alpineFall 2007
Hastings Park skating venueFall 2007
Training venuesFall 2008

The venue information, including the annual report, has been updated on Vancouver2010.com. VANOC apologizes for any confusion that may have resulted from the previously published information.

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