Cypress Mountain- West of Vancouver BC. where snowboarding, freestyle skiing, moguls and ski cross will take place.

Whistler Sliding Area – Blackcomb Mountain is the site for the bobsleigh, Luge, and Skelton

Whistler Creekside – Whistler Mountain will host the Alpine Skiing, Downhill, and the Super G.

Whistler Olympic Park – Callaghan Valley will hold the Biathlon, Cross country Skiing, Nordic Combined, and Ski Jumping.

UBC Winter Sports Centre – University of B.C. is the home of the Ice Hockey games and Ice Sledge Hockey.

Pacific Coliseum – Hastings Park will have the Figure Skating events and Short Track SpeedSkating.

Hillcrest/ Nat Bailey Stadium Park will host the Curling events.

General Motors Place – Downtown Vancouver will also hold some of the Hockey games.

BC Place Stadium will hold the Opening and Closing ceremonies, the medal round of Hockey, as well as nightly victory ceremonies.

Whistler Celebration Plaza will also hold some of the Victory celebration ceremonies.

Ticket sales:

Tickets will go on sale around October 11, 2008. You can go to www.cosport.com to fill out an inquiry form. They will be sold in 4 different stages. Ticket prices will range from $25.00 – $1100.00. Opening Ceremonies $175-$1100 Closing Ceremonies $175-$775 Ice Hockey Finals $350, $450, $775 Figure Skating Gala Exhibition $175-$525 The Cheapest tickets will be for the cross country skiing $25-$75 and the Women’s Ice Hockey will have some for $25. Some the more sought after events will be sold as a lottery. There will also by an on-line ticket buy-sell exchange program.

General information:

It would be best to start planning your trip to the Winter Olympics as soon as possible as lodging could be limited. If you plan on flying, the airport is Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Whistler is about a 2 hour drive from the airport. Another lodging alternative would be to stay in Seattle WA. The airport in Seattle is called Sea-Tac Airport. It is about a 3 hour drive and you would have the border crossing to go through. Remember that passports will be required at the crossing by that time.

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In Downtown Vancouver, a clock is ticking. At this moment, there are still two years to go until the clock reaches zero, but nonetheless alarms are going off all over Vancouver, nearby ski resort Whistler Blackcomb, the entire Canadian province of British Columbia, and in the homes of winter sports fans across the world.

Yes, that’s right, in 2010, the biggest event in winter sports comes to Vancouver, Canada, and already there is a real buzz about the place. Ever since receiving the honour to play host to the Winter Olympic Games on July 2nd 2003, the city of Vancouver and the nearby ski resort of Whistler Blackcomb have had their preparations solidly underway so that the 2010 Winter Olympics will prove to be the best in the history of the games.

The developments that have already been completed, or are well underway, include the completely new venues of the Olympic Village, built on the last remaining waterfront area in Downtown Vancouver, which will provide accommodation for the 2,500 athletes, coaches and officials (not to mention housing for 16,000 people after the event), the 6000-seat Hillcrest Curling Facility, another 7,000-seat winter sports centre and two new practice rinks at Trout and Killarney Lakes.

Meanwhile, existing venues also include three large stadiums; the BC Place, a 55,000-seat stadium that will host the opening, closing and medal ceremonies; the GM Place, Vancouver’s primary Ice-Hockey venue; and the Pacific Coliseum and Agrodome, which will be home to speed-skating and figure-skating.

As well as the obvious winter sports, such as skiing and snowboarding, which are available at various sites around Vancouver and at the fantastic resort of Whistler; the city and its surrounding environment of ocean and mountains (this part of the country is often nicknamed the “Sea to Sky” area) offers a wide range of other sports and activities, most of which are perfect tourist leisure pursuits. Activities such as hiking or biking over the mountains and through the lush forest, kayaking or canoeing around the Sunshine Coast, or playing a few holes at one of Vancouver’s many superb (and largely undiscovered) golf courses can all be undertaken.

Or, for those who are looking to experience Vancouver’s natural beauty and culture without working up too much of a sweat, there are also various bus and air tours, as well as brilliant boat tours that offer the must-do whale-watching.

Also on offer is a wide range of cultural treats, such as festivals, museums, theatres and musical performances; as well as many great shopping areas, including specialist markets, a whole range of top restaurants, and lots of top hotels, with luxury hotel suites in Vancouver as well as more modest counterparts readily available to visitors.

And so, whatever your interests; be it wildlife and nature, history and museums, or death-defying extreme sports, Vancouver is an ideal place for a vacation!

About the Author

Adam Singleton is an online, freelance journalist and keen gardener. He lives in Scotland with his two dogs.