Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010
The Winter Olympics in 2010 will be held in Vancouver, Britsh Columbia from February 12-28. There will be much written about this huge event over the next 3 years and we plan to contribute links, stories and other useful discussions on the 2010 Winter Olympics. We will provide many links to the games and events in Vancouver and Whistler, as well as the Whatcom County area.
The city of Bellingham & Whatcom County are preparing for the event as well because of the close proximity to the games. Whatcom County is expecting well over a million people traveling thru, on their way to Vancouver, BC. Washington State’s 2010 Olympics task force was formed to plan for the state’s involvement in the games and make forecasts of the number of travelers to the event.
Having the Olympics just across the border could bring lots of benefits without all the cost and headaches of actually hosting the Games, according to local officials. But, the other though is that the Games could instead bring a big headache with not much benefit. The headache could be Olympics traffic getting stuck on area roads and at the border. In an effort to avoid this, officials have moved up several road projects and are discussing other steps.
The benefit could be getting in on Olympics business opportunities and attracting tourists south of the Canadian border. In any event, every one is pretty excited about the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics.
I personally can’t wait for the Winter Olympic Games to get here. I’m planning to take a couple weeks off and go explore Vancouver and take in as many events as I can work in. This is the closest any Olympic games have ever come to my area of the country, so you bet I’m very excited for Canada and BC.