Vancouver 2010! Yep, in seven years, the winter olympics are heading out to Canada’s west coast.
Salzburg, Austria, considered the main competitor to Vancouver, was ousted in the first round of IOC voting. A second ballot held immediately afterwards brought Vancouver to an easy victory over Pyeongchang, South Korea.
The entire Canadian delegation had loonies in their pockets for good luck during their final presentation before the IOC. Hey, if it worked for the hockey players . . .
As a Canadian I’m very proud of this decision. Now let’s just hope that Vancouver doesn’t get its own version of the Big Owe.
Fucking Canadian! U should burn ‘n hell like your american friends! Burn Americans! Burn Canadians! I hate Alanis and Dion! Arabian World should destroy you! Arabian people should pump ‘n your ass, like they do whith jew people! Allah is great! God bless Arabian world, Africa and Latin America!
Flamers these days can be ever so charming . . .
Vancouver already has its own Big Owe. It’s called “B.C. Place.”
To be fair, having it in place probably helped their bid. And of course, it hasn’t lost nearly as much money as Olympic Stadium in Montreal.
Congratulations, Vancouver!
Of course, this means that any hope Toronto has of getting the Olympics has been flushed down the toilet for at least another decade or so…