Ruling Czar
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Would a shift of location be so impossible?
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I agree, I think the new look is rather quite refreshing! I am impressed with the fluidity and the use of the "whip lash" lines. I give Vanoc full points for the rebranding!
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Sep 17 2008, 10:59 PM Post #3 Kendegra
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I wish I could see them up close. They look so boring. And the new banners look so busy. They had a nice brand before. Why are they ruining it?
I dunno................ does it has anything to do with being Canadian?
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Why does it have such a distinctively opressive look? Salt lake's just seems warmer but the colums are awful!
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QUOTE (SpikeyT @ Sep 3 2008, 09:44 PM)
I think many people are jumping to conclusions way before they even know what is happening. Everything is being kept very secretive, so I would not get all worked out over something that may or may not happen
I think they are keeping very secretive because they have a pretty good idea of not knowing what to do.
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Thank you for all for reminding me why Canadians are not taken seriously in the arts.......for a moment, I thought I was forgetting.
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Porno-architecture? X, get real.
If the council men and women do not understand the importance of proper architecture to their city, Vancouver's impressive appeal will crumble. I think the convention centre is the largest crack in that ideal to date
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Congrats Gamesbids
I love gamesbids because it a great place.
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btw, X, I am still not impressed with this venue.
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Orange........why so harsh? leave 'em K?
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Well, if the facilities are not being built for their beauty then why build them at all? Why do you think people visit Venice or Rome or Athens? A whole lot of it has to do with the architecture that expresses the dynamism of the cultures that spawned such architecture. It's why people visit New YorK , Toronto, Sydney, Dubai. I think vancouver's legacy will suffer because the buildings, in less than 10 years after the games, will simply fall out of style curbing the city's potential to be a hotbet of great architectural expression for the future. Only great fashion lasts.
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If there is one thing you have to say about Vancouver is that it is a breathtakingly beautiful city. Well done, X
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It still has that "Chocolate rapper in the front yard " look. This place looks like its gonna be a trerrific failure in 2010.
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I actually liked the CBC studio presentation better than our own NBC. It was more visually stunning than the NBC fung shui type studio. Canadians are known and recognised internationally to be somewhat mediocre because of their unhealthy addiction to modesty but I think they may have shown some heart here.
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I sorta agree with Michale Warren. It is almost unbelieveable that Beijing missed, once more, the opulence factor. That is so unlike the Chinese. The tower of people in the centre, echoed Moscow 1980 and that segment when they changed it into a stemm of opening flowers was the highlight of the show form me. I was pretty upset with vancouver's handover presentation in Torino but I think London may have equalled it. The striking thing is, London 2012 video was almost a carbon copy of Vancouver's in Torino!
The best thing was the fireworks.
Rogge Looked a bit worried to me.
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Firstly, there is no comparison. Realistically, anyone who is thinking clearly and balanced would conclude that comparing swimming to athletics is like comparing peaches and oranges so the grestest argument does not apply here.
However, I'm leaning towards Bolt beacuse he certainly did not have the sports infrastructure where as Phelps did. Additionally, Phelps doesn't really have a story of struggle like Bolt during childhood and overcoming odds is wha the Olympics is really about , so Bolt's personal story really crushes Phelps'.
another factor one has to consider is how both athletes won their "defining" medals. One of Phelp's races was desputable but Bolt won the 200 metres by the largest factor in Olympic History.
Rogge doesn't know what its like to have gone through what Hussine went through and reach the top of the world so he is way off.
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You see that crane toering above the Montreal Olympic Stadium 32 years ago? It goona be duplicated in Montreal.
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arwebb, I'll wait till five years pass until I jion the Michael phelps "how great thou art" choir.
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eat your words he just did
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Here is something I posted in the athletics forum. Hope it cheers you up
"Well, let me say this also. I think that of all the developed countries, Canada in general and Mr. Dick Pound, in specific both need to be recognised and congratulated formally by the IOC for the tireless work they have done in fighting the scourge of Doping in international sport. Sure, Canada doesn't medal nearly as high as we do and canadians congratulate their athletes for placing 29th out of 30 in an event but the thing is, of all the devloped countries, they have demonstrated the most respect for the Olympic ideals of fair and clean participation. I just wish the USA could have such a glistening record also. "
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Well, let me say this also. I think that of all the developed countries, Canada in general and Mr. Dick Pound, in specific both need to be recognised and congratulated formally by the IOC for the tireless work they have done in fighting the scourge of Doping in international sport. Sure, Canada doesn't medal nearly as high as we do and canadians congratulate their athletes for placing 29th out of 30 in an event but the thing is, of all the devloped countries, they have demonstrated the most respect for the Olympic ideals of fair and clean participation. I just wish the USA could have such a glistening record also.
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Like did you expect Gold or something?
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bordering on truth, bordering on truth, bordering on truth, nykfan
so DEAL PARKER!
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Canadians need to work on their ability to deal with pressure! Anyway, looking forward, WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!
B. C. Place Stadium Olympic Renovations
in Vancouver 2010 Winter Games
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How can you comfortably compare the building of an entirely new stadium to the renovations of an old one?