Kenadian Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 There will be a fire there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 There will be a fire there... well, yeah.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozkar Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 I cant see an Olympic Opening ceremony on this arena... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted October 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 I cant see an Olympic Opening ceremony on this arena... Few Winter Olympic Stadiums do five months before they host the Olympics....it'll look a lot better come next February, VANOC will be doing a ton of work on it. BC Place in nightly victory medals ceremonies mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen-Seth Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 I cant see an Olympic Opening ceremony on this arena... Well, it looks a lot more impressive in that picture than Rice-Eccles stadium did in October of 2001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted October 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 A few more pictures: From the last row. From Queen Elizabeth Park: From the Olympic Village across the creek: From SkyTrain: And this was taken today during Olympic security practices: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memorabilia Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Question about the victory ceremonies in BC Place stadium. Is there tickets to get inside ? If yes, how to buy them ? Or is it free but under invitations ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchbearer AA Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Question about the victory ceremonies in BC Place stadium.Is there tickets to get inside ? If yes, how to buy them ? Or is it free but under invitations ? You have to buy the tickets. Just in the same way like you buy all other Vancouver 2010 tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4gamesandcounting Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Yes that's correct - I have about 5 nights worth I think + Opening Ceremonies of course. I am waiting list for Whistler celebrations as they haven't released those yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenadian Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Something's happening under the dome! This photo was taken inside BC Place just a few weeks ago: Maybe they are cleaning the roof? It is very dirty. Or maybe they'll just cover it up like they partially did in 1986. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted October 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 ^ it looks like they're cleaning it, or maybe they've started installing fixtures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 One can't see the first picture anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 i emailed VANOC suggesting Norwegian coach, Bjoernar Haakensmoen be given a role in the torch relay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drowninginair Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Does anyone know what the nightly entertainment is at each of the Victory Ceremonies yet? I assume thats still to be announced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenadian Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 One can't see the first picture anymore. I found it on this blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted October 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 quoting from the blog: I have over a hundred pictures but I don't want to give too much away before the Games start (mainly for security purposes). This is going to be an incredible Games. I can't wait for February! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenadian Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Tonight's U2 concert and next Friday's BC Lions game are the last events before the stadium turns over to VANOC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchbearer AA Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Tonight's U2 concert and next Friday's BC Lions game are the last events before the stadium turns over to VANOC. So there's a 3 months reparation time for VANOC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchbearer AA Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 A few questions. Because Canada is biliangual and the openin ceremony has some parts that are in the language of the host country, but now there are two languages So how will they solve that problem? Opening declaration by the Governor-General, French, English, two times in both languages? Parade of athletes order according to the English or French language? Athletes and officials oath? French or English? Singing of the Olympic anthem? Greek I hope:D But maybe English and French together or only one of the two languages? Singing of Canadian anthem? One couplet for English and one for French or the bilangual version? What do you think and prefer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 It shouldn't be any different for Vancouver than say it was for Atlanta, Sydney or Salt Lake. It just follows Olympic protocol. Announcements, greetings in French, and then English. That's it. And that'll probably be the same for London as well. Maybe...the Olympic anthem could be sung in Greek...but they don't really have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 A few questions.Because Canada is biliangual and the openin ceremony has some parts that are in the language of the host country, but now there are two languages So how will they solve that problem? Opening declaration by the Governor-General, French, English, two times in both languages? Parade of athletes order according to the English or French language? Athletes and officials oath? French or English? Singing of the Olympic anthem? Greek I hope:D But maybe English and French together or only one of the two languages? Singing of Canadian anthem? One couplet for English and one for French or the bilangual version? What do you think and prefer? I don't think either that this is really a problem. The opening declaration will most probably be in both languages: Since Michaelle Jean is a French Canadian, she'll probably make the declaration in French first, then in English. Queen Elizabeth II and Jeanne Sauvé did exactly the same in Montreal 1976 respectively .Athletes and officials oath: I suppose they'll take an English Canadian athlete taking his oath in English and a French Canadian judge taking his oath in French. Or vice versa, .They'll most probably sing the Olympic Anthem in Greek, just and also in Sydney, Athens and Beijing.And the Canadian anthem: Well, that will most probably be the bilingual version, maybe even combined with the Inuit version . And I believe that they also used the trilingual version at the opening ceremony of the Edmonton 2001 Athletics World Championships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 I have to correct myself: It wasn't the Inuit version they used in Calgary, but a version in a native language, Southern Tutchone, which is spoken by the First Nation of the same name in the Yukon Territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchbearer AA Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 I don't think either that this is really a problem.And the Canadian anthem: Well, that will most probably be the bilingual version, maybe even combined with the Inuit version . And I believe that they also used the trilingual version at the opening ceremony of the Edmonton 2001 Athletics World Championships. Actually I'd very like the Canadian national anthem during the opening ceremony of Calgary 1988. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted November 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Keep it simple, English and French for the anthem. Calgary's rendition was absolutely embarrassing, if you're going to have First Nations sing at least make sure that they CAN SING WELL (and world-class well on the Olympic stage). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchbearer AA Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 I saw a video of the Montreal opening ceremony. There they only used the melody of the national anthem, there was no choir or singer. Could be a solution, but maybe a boring one. But what about the parade of athletes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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