But at an ioc meeting in prague in 2003, vancouver won the 2010 olympic bidding by. The conundrum of ilanaaqfirst nations representation. Many in vancouver were worried about the impact the 2010 olympics would have on housing costs in the city. Vancouver bid makes 2010 olympic short list cbc sports. Vancouver 2010 organizer believes next olympics can be. Review of the agencys readiness activities for the 2010 olympic and paralympic winter games as of november 10, 2009 by public health agency of canada book. Vancouvers olympic quest began in 1998, when the canadian olympic committee coc selected the city over calgary and quebec for canadas bid to host the 2010 winter games. The committee shortlisted five of themlondon, madrid, moscow, new york city, and parisfrom which london eventually prevailed. The 2010 olympic bid culminated july 2, 2003 at the 115th ioc session in prague. Due to the timing of the bid procedure, it was during the candidature acceptance procedure. Olympic world library vanoc official games report rapport. Feb 12, 2010 the homeless population in vancouver has doubled since the city won the bid in 2003, as residents were squeezed out of lowincome housing during the olympic real estate boom and gentrification. The campaign began with a list of eight bids that was trimmed to four after the initial evaluation. Vancouver 2010 bid corporation city of vancouver archives.
Technical procedures for doping control for the vancouver 2010 olympic winter games. Previously, calgary had beat vancouver for the canadian bid in 1988. Ioc scrutinizes vancouver olympics bidding deal wbur news. Vancouvers bid evaluation was very positive, with only minor issues. The city of vancouver was elected host city of the xxi olympic winter games in 2010 at the 115th ioc session in prague on 2 july 2003. Official bid file of vancouver for the olympic winter games in 2010. The bid proposed that throughout the olympiad cultural program 20062010 the vancouver organizing committee of the olympic games ocog would present a variety of cultural activities, festivals, educational programmes, and conferences, which would feature the successes of the diverse communities of canada. New revelations about the bidding for the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver indicate possible violations of international olympic committee ioc ethics rules, which were bolstered in the wake of. The canadian olympic association chose vancouver as the canadian candidate city over calgary, which sought to rehost the games and quebec city, which had lost the 2002 olympic bid in 1995. The official commemorative book of the xxi olympic winter games and the x paralympic winter games. Concerns and controversies at the 2010 winter olympics. As required by the ioc, the bid estimates book vancouver. Geoffery kehrig flickr back in vancouver, the event inside the stadium also began with speeches made by local officials and once that was over, the centre ice jumbo screens switched over to the cbcs live coverage of the ioc session in prague.
The conundrum of ilanaaqfirst nations representation and. Vancouver became canadas third olympic host city after winning the vote on the second ballot over pyeongchang, south korea. The vancouver winter olympics drew to a spectacular close on sunday after 17 days of intense competition. Vancouver won the bidding process to host the olympics by a vote of the international olympic committee on july 2, 2003 at the. Geoffery kehrig flickr back in vancouver, the event inside the stadium also began with speeches made by local officials and once that was over, the centre ice jumbo screens switched over to. But unlike the first two times the olympic games came to canada when the host nation went without a gold medal, this time there were a record number of trips to the top of the podium. Les xxi es jeux olympiques dhiver and commonly known as vancouver 2010, informally the 21st winter olympics, was an international winter multisport event that was held from 12 to 28 february 2010 in vancouver, british columbia, canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of richmond, west. Tuesday afternoon the vancouver 2010 bid committee released its bid book a threevolume set that covers 18 themes and answers 200 questions posed by the international olympic committee. The vancouver 2010 bid corporation submitted a bid book in january 2003 that provides a description of how the. Now, those involved say the games may turbocharged the citys growth. And by framing their pitch as canadas best bid for athleteslow risk, high rewardthe calgary 2010 team hoped to win over the canadian olympic committee coc, which was also looking at bids from vancouverwhistler and quebec city.
Vancouver 2010 main marks theolympicdesign olympic. The day vancouver won the bid to host the 2010 olympic games. In doing so, this article provides discussions on the process and politics by which vancouver was selected as a host city, opposition to the 2010 vancouver olympic bid, as well. Guiding principles these guiding principles are the filter through which city council and staff consider all olympic and paralympic winter games. More than four years after the vancouver 2010 winter olympics and exactly 11 years since the citys winning bid the organizing committee behind the games has released its. Nine cities submitting bids to host the 2012 summer olympics and 2012 summer paralympics were recognised by the international olympic committee ioc. Bbc sport vancouver 2010 vancouver bids olympics farewell. Vancouver 2010 olympic officials present bid book to ioc. The city of vancouver has been preparing for the winter olympic games for the last seven years. Bid chairman jack poole and vancouver mayor larry campbell delivered 100 copies of the 460page document to ioc officials thursday at the organizations head office in lausanne, switzerland. Complete vancouver 2010 opening ceremony vancouver 2010.
The bid was technically a joint venture between vancouver and the coast mountains resort town of whistler, which lies about 70 miles 110 km north of vancouver and was. As promised, vancouver olympic officials helped moscow prepare its 2016 bid, which was ultimately unsuccessful. Canada topped the medal table, with 14 golds, seven silvers and five bronze medals, while the united states won the most medals with 37 overall. Along with vancouver, the eventual winner of the bid for the 2010 games, the canadian olympic association considered bids from calgary, alberta host of the 1988 winter olympics and quebec city, quebec a candidate for the 2002 winter olympics. Sustainability transformations in olympic host cities.
Berne was forced to withdraw after losing a local support referendum. The bid book covers a variety of topics, including plans for sport venues, olympic villages, accommodation, security, medical and health services, media. Source document contributed to documentcloud by chris keller southern california public radio. Select city for information, official web sites, bid books, forums and more. Official video game of the olympic winter games book. Questionnaire submission and the candidature file informally referred to as the bid book were filled with striking.
Vancouver pulls off a comefrombehind victory to claim the 2010 winter games. On june 11, 1999, the societys duties were incorporated into the more broadly based vancouver whistler 2010 bid corporation bidcorp, which was responsible for organizing, developing and submitting vancouver s official bid to the international olympic committee ioc the organization responsible for choosing olympic host cities. Review of the agencys readiness activities for the 2010 olympic and paralympic winter games as of november 10, 2009 by public health agency of canada book vancouver 2010. Vancouver games continue downhill slide from disaster to. Did the 2010 olympics contribute to vancouvers housing. Olympic world library the sea to sky games les jeux entre. New york city, competing with moscow and rome for the 2012 olympic games, may spend almost three billion dollars on facilities, housing, and other developments in an attempt to. The vancouver 2010 bid corporation presents an official bid book to the ioc, a 460page document that expands on the bid questionnaire submitted in 2002. Yesterday i received a copy of the official 2010 winter games commemorative book, which probably has one of the longest titles ive seen. Les xxi es jeux olympiques dhiver and commonly known as vancouver 2010, informally the 21st winter olympics, was an international winter multisport event that was held from 12 to 28 february 2010 in vancouver, british columbia, canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of.
Feb 15, 2010 snowboarding nonsense is the latest fiasco threatening to make these games the worst in olympic history lawrence donegan in vancouver mon 15 feb 2010 18. Snowboarding nonsense is the latest fiasco threatening to make these games the worst in olympic history lawrence donegan in vancouver mon 15 feb 2010 18. Presenting the case of the vancouver 2010 olympics, this thesis draws planning lessons for sochi 2014 and other future olympic host cities and discusses policy implications for the international olympic committee. Appendix 3 of the international olympic committee antidoping rules. The bid proposed that throughout the olympiad cultural program 2006 2010 the vancouver organizing committee of the olympic games ocog would present a variety of cultural activities, festivals, educational programmes, and conferences, which would feature the successes of the diverse communities of canada. The day vancouver won the bid to host the 2010 olympic winter games videos.
In doing so, this article provides discussions on the process and politics by which vancouver was selected as a host city, opposition to the 2010 vancouver olympic bid, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of hosting an olympics. Jan 06, 2009 the canadian olympic association chose vancouver as the canadian candidate city over calgary, which sought to rehost the games and quebec city, which had lost the 2002 olympic bid in 1995. The homeless population in vancouver has doubled since the city won the bid in 2003, as residents were squeezed out of lowincome housing during the olympic real estate boom and gentrification. The city of vancouver, if awarded the bid, anticipates spending between two and six billion dollars in infrastructure improvement and revitalization costs menzies 16. The official report of vancouver 2010 has a unique format. In october 2009, the legislative assembly of british columbia through the miscellaneous statutes amendment act, 2009, gave host municipalities richmond, vancouver and whistler the power to enter residences and other private property to seize signs that are deemed to be anti olympic, between february 1 and march 31, 2010. Jun 10, 2018 the bid book outline says the international olympic committee ioc will need to have around 30,000 hotel rooms or accommodations dedicated for staff and security to support olympic operations. This article provides an overview of vancouvers olympic bid. The day vancouver won the bid to host the 2010 olympic. Vancouvers 2010 olympic winter games and paralympic games. The vancouver 2010 bid corporation presents an official bid book to the ioc, a 460page document that expands on the bid questionnaire submitted. Vancouver 2010 team canada official olympic team website. Official olympics site could do without the alcohol ads. This article provides an overview of vancouver s olympic bid.
The bid committees plan to make the games environmentally. As he pondered, prepared and ultimately pitched a bid to welcome the world, vancouver 2010 organizer john furlong read basically every book he could find on the olympics. Vancouvers bid to stage the 2010 olympic winter games and. The official commemorative book of the xxi olympic winter games and the x paralympic winter gamesdes plus brillants exploits. Full coverage of the opening ceremony of the vancouver 2010 winter olympics featuring incredible sporting, artistic and musical performances to mark the beginning of the. The former ceo of the vancouver 2010 olympic winter games organizing committee says now is the time for vancouver to seriously consider a bid for the 2030 winter olympics. Once the vancouver olympic bid team vanoc had the technical bid book ready for the head ioc decision makers, they hand picked signals to create the heart matter that would bring the games home. Olympic bid book for submission to the ioc, taking note of what the vancouver. The 2014 olympic winter games bid election was held july 4, 2007 at the 119th. The 2010 winter olympics, officially known as the xxi olympic winter games french. The bid book covers a variety of topics, including plans for sport venues, olympic villages, accommodation, security, medical and health services, media facilities, technology, transportation and culture. May 04, 2012 this is the winning bid video for the 2010 winter olympics won by the city of vancouver whistler, british columbia, canada produced by the vancouver 2010 bid. Vancouvers 1976 olympic bid book published february 21, 2010 updated on february 21, 2010 at 5.
This set contains an explanatory brochure, two cdroms containing the official. Mar 01, 2010 the vancouver winter olympics drew to a spectacular close on sunday after 17 days of intense competition. This is the winning bid video for the 2010 winter olympics won by the city of vancouverwhistler, british columbia, canada produced by the vancouver 2010 bid. Vancouver was the first of three cities vying for the 2010 winter olympic games to present their bid book to the international olympic committee. The bid book outline says the international olympic committee ioc will need to have around 30,000 hotel rooms or accommodations dedicated for staff and security to support olympic operations.