Western Canada

In 2010 the whole world will shift its focus to Vancouver where the greatest winter athletes will gather to compete in the event. “The venues for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games stretch over a 120-kilometre zone from the shores of Richmond, just south of Vancouver, through Vancouver’s downtown centre north to the snowy peaks of the mountain resort of Whistler. (Vancouver 2010)” The events include skiing, snowboarding, luge, bobsled, curling, speed skating, ice skating, and of course ice hockey.
Men and women’s hockey will be hosted at the University of British Columbia’s future Sports Center, shown below.

The building is under construction currently and is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2008. For more information check out http://www.ubc.edu.
Many of the on-snow events will take place at the Whistler Mountain, which is also undergoing construction to prepare for the events. Whistler is known for having some of the best skiing and riding in the pacific northwest and for being a great travel destination.

Photo by Kim Mo. http://www.flickr.com/photos/livinglavida/64598599/

Vancouver, being a very cultural city, is an ideal place for the games to be held. Montreal hosted the summer Olympics in 1976 and Calgary hosted the winter Olympics in 1988. 2010 will be the third time Canada hosts the Olympics, and certainly not the last time.

Sources of Info:
http://olympic.org
http://vancouver2010.com