Venues of the 2010 Winter Olympics
Competition venues
Table:
Venue

Location

Sports

Capacity

Ref.

Canada Hockey Place[a]

Vancouver

Ice hockey (final)

18,630

[14]

Cypress Mountain

West Vancouver

Freestyle skiing, snowboarding

8,000

[15]

Pacific Coliseum

Vancouver

Figure skating, short track speed skating

14,239

[16]

Richmond Olympic Oval

Richmond

Speed skating

8,000

[17]

UBC Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre

University Endowment Lands (UBC)

Ice hockey

7,200

[18]

Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre

Vancouver

Curling

6,000

[19]

Whistler Creekside

Whistler

Alpine skiing

7,600

[20]

Whistler Olympic Park

Whistler

Biathlon, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping

6,000

[21]

Whistler Sliding Centre

Whistler

Bobsleigh, luge, skeleton

12,000

[22]

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Rogers Arena is a multi-purpose arena located at 800 Griffiths Way in the downtown area of Vancouver , British Columbia . Opened in 1995 , the arena was known as General Motors Place ( GM Place ) from its opening until July 6 , 2010 , when General Motors Canada ended its naming rights sponsorship and a new agreement for those rights was reached with Rogers Communications . Rogers Arena was built to replace Pacific Coliseum as Vancouver 's primary indoor sports facility and in part due to the National Basketball Association 's 1995 expansion into Canada , when Vancouver and Toronto were given expansion teams . It is home to the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League and the Vancouver Warriors of the National Lacrosse League . The arena also hosted the ice hockey events at the 2010 Winter Olympics . The name of the arena temporarily became Canada Hockey Place during the Olympics . It was previously home to the Vancouver Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association from 1995 to 2001 .
Vancouver ( /vænˈkuːvər/ ( listen ) ) is a coastal seaport city in western Canada , located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia . As the most populous city in the province , the 2016 census recorded 631,486 people in the city , up from 603,502 in 2011 . The Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2,463,431 in 2016 , making it the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada . Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada , with over 5,400 people per square kilometre , which makes it the fifth-most densely populated city with over 250,000 residents in North America , behind New York City , Guadalajara , San Francisco , and Mexico City . Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada : 52% of its residents are not native English speakers , 48.9% are native speakers of neither English nor French , and 50.6% of residents belong to visible minority groups . Vancouver is consistently named as one of the top five worldwide cities for livability and quality of life , and the Economist Intelligence Unit acknowledged it as the first city ranked among the top ten of the world 's most well-living cities for ten consecutive years . In 2011 , the city planned to become the greenest city in the world by 2020 . Vancouverism is the city 's urban planning design philosophy . Vancouver has hosted many international conferences and events , including the 1954 Commonwealth Games , UN Habitat I , Expo 86 , APEC Canada 1997 , the World Police and Fire Games in 1989 and 2009 ; several matches of 2015 FIFA Women 's World Cup including the finals at BC Place in Downtown Vancouver , and the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics which were held in Vancouver and Whistler , a resort community 125 km ( 78 mi ) north of the city . In 1969 , Greenpeace was founded in Vancouver . The city became the permanent home to TED conferences in 2014 . Vancouver was originally named Gastown and began as a settlement which grew around the site of a makeshift tavern on the western edges of Hastings Mill built on July 1 , 1867 , and owned by proprietor Gassy Jack .
Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Rogers Arena ( then known as GM Place , and renamed Canada Hockey Place for the duration of the Games due to IOC sponsorship rules ) , home of the National Hockey League 's Vancouver Canucks , and at UBC Winter Sports Centre , home of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport 's UBC Thunderbirds . Twelve teams competed in the men 's event and eight teams competed in the women 's event . Canada won both tournaments with victories against the United States , while Finland won both bronze games , however against different opponents . It was the fifth Olympic appearance for Finns Jere Lehtinen and Teemu Selänne , thus making them only the sixth and seventh hockey players to compete at five Olympics after Udo Kießling , Petter Thoresen , Raimo Helminen , Dieter Hegen and Denis Perez ( at the time , Helminen was the only ice hockey player to compete at six Olympics , but Selänne would join the group during the 2014 Sochi Olympics ) .
Cypress Mountain is a ski area in West Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada , located in the southern section of Cypress Provincial Park , operated under a BC Parks Park Use Permit . The ski resort is a 30-minute drive north of downtown Vancouver , and has 53 named alpine ski runs ( many accessible for night skiing ) and 19 km of cross country trails . Snowshoeing tours are also popular . Snow schools and rentals , Cypress Creek Grill , Gold Medal Cafe and Crazy Raven Bar and Grill and a Big Bear Sports retail shop are also located on the premises in the Cypress Creek Lodge . Cypress Mountain hosted the Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding events of the 2010 Winter Olympics , including SkiCross as a demonstration sport , and the first running of Snowboardcross as a Medal sport . The ski area 's downhill runs are built on two mountains ( Mount Strachan /strɔːn/ strawn - 1,440 metres ( 4,720 ft ) and Black Mountain - 1,200 metres ( 3,900 ft ) , on a vertical rise of 610 metres ( 2,000 ft ) . The resort is legally known as Cypress Bowl Recreational Limited Partnership , previously owned by Boyne Resorts , then sold to CNL Income Properties , then Och-Ziff Capital Management , but Boyne Canada has continued to run the ski operation for several years under a lease-back agreement . Boyne repurchased the resort in March 2018 . The ski resort name Cypress Mountain is derived from the name of the bowl between the three mountains , Mount Strachan , Black Mountain , and Hollyburn Mountain - Cypress Bowl , which was the original and still-used common name of the resort ( the facilities by Cypress Bowl Recreations Ltd. ) . The term cypress comes from the yellow cedar tree Cupressus nootkatensis which is common in the park at altitudes over 800 metres , and is also known as yellow cypress , as well as from the name of the park in which the ski operation is located . Despite the resort name , there is in fact no mountain named Cypress Mountain in the park .
West Vancouver is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia , Canada . A member municipality of Metro Vancouver , West Vancouver is northwest of the city of Vancouver on the northern side of English Bay and the southeast shore of Howe Sound , and is adjoined by the District of North Vancouver to its east . Together with the District of North Vancouver and City of North Vancouver , it is part of a local regional grouping referred to as the North Shore municipalities , or simply The North Shore . West Vancouver has a population of 42,694 ( 2011 census ) . Cypress Provincial Park , mostly located within the municipal boundaries , was one of the venues for the 2010 Winter Olympics . West Vancouver is also home of Canada 's first shopping mall , Park Royal Shopping Centre , and also of the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal , one of the main connecting points between the British Columbia mainland and Vancouver Island .
The freestyle skiing competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Cypress Mountain . The events took place between the 13 and 25 February 2010 , and included a new event for these Olympics , ski cross .
The snowboarding competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Cypress Mountain . The events were held between the 15 and 27 February 2010 .
The Pacific Coliseum , known to locals as The Coliseum or the Rink on Renfrew , is an indoor arena located at Hastings Park in Vancouver , British Columbia . Its main use has been for ice hockey and the arena has been the home for several ice hockey teams . The arena is the former home of the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League ( WHL ) . Other hockey tenants of the Pacific Coliseum have been the Vancouver Canucks ( Western Hockey League ) from 1968 to 1970 , Vancouver Canucks ( National Hockey League ) from 1970 to 1995 , the Vancouver Nats ( WHL ) from 1972 to 1973 , the Vancouver Blazers ( World Hockey Association ) from 1973 to 1975 , and the Vancouver Voodoo ( Roller Hockey International ) from 1994 to 1995 . It was completed in 1968 , on the site of the Pacific National Exhibition . Originally holding 15,038 for ice hockey , capacity has fluctuated slightly over the years and currently holds 16,281 . During the 2010 Olympic Winter Games , it was the venue for figure skating and short track speed skating . The arena also hosts a variety of concerts and other events .
Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . The events took place between 14-27 February 2010 .
Short track speed skating at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at the Pacific Coliseum , Vancouver , British Columbia on 13-26 February 2010 . China dominated the competition , sweeping the women 's events - winning gold in the 500 m , 1,000 m 1,500 m and 3000 m relay . Wang Meng won three gold medals becoming the most accomplished female short track speed skater in Olympic history and Apolo Ohno became the most decorated Winter Olympian in US history with 8 medals . Haralds Silovs of Latvia became the first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both short track ( 1500m ) and long track ( 5000m ) speed skating , and the first to compete in two different disciplines on the same day . He competed in the 5000m and then raced across town to the 1500m event .
The Richmond Olympic Oval ( French : Anneau olympique de Richmond ) is an indoor multi-sports arena in the Canadian city of Richmond , British Columbia . The oval was built for the 2010 Winter Olympics and was originally configured with a speed skating rink . The venue has since been reconfigured and now serves as a community multi-sport park and includes two ice hockey rinks , two running tracks , a climbing wall , a rowing tank and a flexible area which can be used for , among other sports , basketball , volleyball , indoor soccer and table tennis . The Olympic bid called for the oval to be located on the grounds of Simon Fraser University ( SFU ) in Burnaby , but Richmond was instead selected in 2004 . Although twice the price of the SFU alternative , the location was selected because the city offered to cover all costs exceeding $ 60 million . Construction started in 2006 , cost $ 178 million CAD and the venue opened on 12 December 2008 . In addition to speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics , the venue has hosted the 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships . Designed by CannonDesign , the oval 's elements are made to resemble the heron .
Richmond ( /ˈrɪtʃmənd/ ) is a coastal city located in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It is a member municipality of Metro Vancouver and the location of the Vancouver International Airport . During the 2010 Winter Olympics , the Richmond Olympic Oval was a venue for the long track speed skating events . As of 2016 , the city has an estimated population of 198,309 people with 60% being immigrants , the highest proportion of immigrants in Canada . Richmond is located on Lulu Island at the mouth of the Fraser River . It encompasses adjacent Sea Island and some smaller uninhabited islets to the north and south . Neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north , New Westminster to the east , and Delta to the south . The Strait of Georgia forms its western border .
Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval , Richmond , British Columbia , between 13 and 27 February 2010 .
The Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre ( formerly UBC Winter Sports Centre , also known as UBC Thunderbird Arena ) is a LEED Silver certified indoor arena in Greater Vancouver , on the campus of the University of British Columbia . Located in the University Endowment Lands , it is just outside the city limits of Vancouver , British Columbia . The arena is home to the UBC Thunderbirds men 's and women 's ice hockey teams , and contains one international-size 61 m × 30 m ( 200 ft × 98.4 ft ) ice rink . The facility was built around an older ice hockey facility , the historic Father Bauer Arena , which opened in October 1963 . This was named after the late Rev . Father David Bauer , who , together with Bob Hindmarch , established Canadas first national hockey team at UBC in 1963 in preparation for the 1964 Winter Olympics . The UBC Thunderbird Arena replaced the Father Bauer Arena as the home of the UBC Thunderbirds ice hockey team . It is also the practice facility for Vancouver 's NHL team , the Vancouver Canucks . The main ice rink has 7,500 seats and can expand to 8,000 for concerts . The other rinks are Father Bauer Arena and Protrans Arena with spectator capacities of 980 and 200 , respectively . Construction began in April 2006 with the refurbishment of the Father Bauer Arena and the addition of a new practice arena . The new stadium arena was opened on July 7 , 2008 .
The University Endowment Lands ( UEL ) is an unincorporated area that lies to the west of the city of Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada , and adjacent to the University of British Columbia and the lands associated with that campus . Pacific Spirit Regional Park lies within the UEL . The UEL is part of Metro Vancouver . Mail sent to the UEL is addressed to Vancouver rather than the UEL . The UEL is administered directly by the province and landowners pay their property taxes directly to the provincial government . In a 1995 referendum , UEL residents voted against establishing a municipal governing body .
The University of British Columbia ( UBC ) is a public research university with campuses in Vancouver and Kelowna , British Columbia . Established in 1908 , UBC is British Columbia 's oldest university . The university has ranked among the top three universities in Canada . With an annual research budget of $ 600 million , UBC funds over 8,000 projects a year . The Vancouver campus is situated in the University Endowment Lands , about 10 km ( 6 mi ) west of Downtown Vancouver . UBC is home to TRIUMF , Canada 's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics , which houses the world 's largest cyclotron . In addition to the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Stuart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute , UBC and the Max Planck Society collectively established the first Max Planck Institute in North America , specializing in quantum materials . One of the largest research libraries in Canada , the UBC Library system has over 9.9 million volumes among its 21 branches . The Okanagan campus , acquired in 2005 , is located in Kelowna , British Columbia . As of 2017 [ update ] , eight Nobel laureates , 71 Rhodes scholars , 65 Olympians , ten fellows in both American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the Royal Society , and 208 fellows to the Royal Society of Canada have been affiliated with UBC . Three Canadian prime ministers , including Canada 's first female prime minister Kim Campbell and current prime minister Justin Trudeau have been educated at UBC .
The Hillcrest Centre is a community centre with ice hockey and curling rinks , and an aquatics facility , located at Hillcrest Park in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . Construction started in March 2007 ; it hosted the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships prior to the Olympics . During the 2010 Olympics , it was named the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre and had a capacity of 6,000 people to host curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics ; for the 2010 Paralympics , it hosted the Wheelchair Curling event .
The curling competition of the 2010 Olympics was held at Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre in Vancouver . It is the fifth time that curling was on the Olympic program , after having been staged in 1924 , 1998 , 2002 and 2006 . The competition followed the same format that was used during the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics , with 10 teams playing a round robin tournament , from which the top four teams advance to the semi-finals . The women 's competition concluded on Friday , February 26 , 2010 . In the bronze medal match , the Chinese team made history by becoming the first team from Asia to win an Olympic curling medal . The gold medal match was one of the closest medal games in Olympic competition . Team Canada won the silver medal , their best performance since the 1998 Nagano Olympic Games when Sandra Schmirler skipped the Canadians to gold . Team Sweden won the gold medal . Anette Norberg , Eva Lund , Cathrine Lindahl , and Anna Le Moine ( née Anna Bergström [ Anna Svärd in Torino ] ) became the first curlers to win two gold medals at the Olympic Games . The men 's competition concluded on Saturday , February 27 , 2010 . In the bronze medal match , Markus Eggler of Switzerland became the first male curler to win two Olympic medals . The gold medal final was a rematch between Canada and Norway of the 2002 Olympics men 's final ( although only one athlete from each team participated in both finals ) .
Whistler Blackcomb is a ski resort located in Whistler , British Columbia , Canada . By many measures it is the largest ski resort in North America and has the greatest uphill lift capacity . It features the Peak 2 Peak Gondola for moving between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains at the top . With all of this capacity , Whistler Blackcomb is also often the busiest ski resort , often surpassing 2 million visitors a year . Whistler was originally conceived as part of a bid to win the 1968 Winter Olympics . Although the bid failed , construction started anyway and the resort opened for the first time in January 1966 . Blackcomb mountain , originally a separate entity , opened for business in December 1980 . The two resorts underwent a period of intense rivalry through the 1980s and 90s , with constant upgrades and improvements that were unseen at other resorts . By the mid-1990s the area was repeatedly named the best resort in many skiing magazines . Intrawest , the BC real estate firm that developed Blackcomb , purchased Whistler in 1997 and fully merged their operations in 2003 . Whistler Blackcomb was the centrepiece of a renewed bid on the part of nearby Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics , which they won in July 2003 . Whistler Blackcomb hosted the alpine skiing events , including the men 's and women 's Olympic and Paralympic alpine skiing disciplines of downhill , Super-G , slalom , giant slalom and super combined .
Whistler ( Squamish language : Sḵwiḵw ) is a resort municipality in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia , Canada , approximately 125 km ( 78 mi ) north of Vancouver and 36 km ( 22 mi ) south of the town of Pemberton . Incorporated as the Resort Municipality of Whistler ( RMOW ) , it has a permanent population of approximately 11,854 , plus a larger but rotating population of seasonal workers , typically younger people from beyond British Columbia , notably from United Kingdom , Australia and Europe . Over two million people visit Whistler annually , primarily for alpine skiing and snowboarding and , in summer , mountain biking at Whistler Blackcomb . Its pedestrian village has won numerous design awards and Whistler has been voted among the top destinations in North America by major ski magazines since the mid-1990s . During the 2010 Winter Olympics , Whistler hosted most of the alpine , Nordic , luge , skeleton , and bobsled events .
Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held in Canada at Whistler Creekside in Whistler , British Columbia , north of Vancouver . The ten events were scheduled for February 13-27 ; weather delayed the first event , the men 's downhill , two days until Monday , February 15 .
The Whistler Olympic Park is the location of the Nordic events facilities for the 2010 Winter Olympics and is located in the Madeley Creek basin in the Callaghan Valley , west of Whistler , British Columbia , Canada . The facility hosted the biathlon , cross-country skiing , Nordic combined , and ski jumping . After the Olympics will remain a public facility , complementing the extensive wilderness trails and alpine routes already in use . Three temporary stadiums were built with a capacity for 12,000 spectators each ( 6,000 for the Paralympics ) . The location is approximately 8 km from the junction of its access road with Highway 99 and 14 km from the Whistler Olympic Village . The two year construction project saw , 14 km ( 8.7 mi ) of cross country and biathlon trails , two ski jumps ( HS 106 and HS 140 metre ) , and another 20 to 25 km of recreational trails built . There is also a permanent Biathlon range which can be used daily . Overall , $ 119.7 million was spent on the facilities in the Callaghan Valley . Permanent features were completed in the fall of 2007 . It is now a public cross-country and back country ski facility . Located between the ski jumps and cross country area there is an 11,000-square-foot ( 1,000 m2 ) Day Lodge . Which has a gift shop , cafeteria , washrooms , lounge and rental center .
The biathlon competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics were held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler , British Columbia . The events were held between the 13th and 26 February 2010 . The men 's individual biathlon was notable for the awarding of two silver medals due to two competitors finishing with a tie ( 48:32.0 ) . No bronze medal was awarded in this event .
The cross-country skiing competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver were held at Whistler Olympic Park . The events were held between 15 and 28 February 2010 .
The nordic combined competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park . The events were held between 14 and 25 February 2010 . Sprint and individual Gundersen events of 7.5 km and 15 km events were replaced by two 10 km individual events with one jump each from the normal and large hills respectively . Team event went from two jumps down for one jump per team member . This was done during the 2008-09 Nordic Combined World Cup season and was also applied to the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec , Czech Republic .
The ski jumping competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park between 12 and 22 February 2010 .
The Whistler Sliding Centre ( French : Centre des sports de glisse de Whistler ) is a Canadian bobsleigh , luge , and skeleton track located in Whistler , British Columbia , that is 125 km ( 78 mi ) north of Vancouver . The centre is part of the Whistler Blackcomb resort , which comprises two ski mountains separated by Fitzsimmons Creek . Located on the lowermost slope of the northern mountain ( Blackcomb Mountain ) , Whistler Sliding Centre hosted the bobsleigh , luge , and skeleton competitions for the 2010 Winter Olympics . Design work started in late 2004 with construction taking place from June 2005 to December 2007 . Bobsledders Pierre Lueders and Justin Kripps of Canada took the first run on the track on 19 December 2007 . Certification took place in March 2008 with over 200 runs from six different start houses ( the place where the sleds start their runs ) , and was approved both by the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation ( FIBT ) and the International Luge Federation ( FIL ) . Training runs took place in late 2008 in preparation for the World Cup events in all three sports in early 2009 . World Cup competitions were held in February 2009 for bobsleigh , luge , and skeleton . The top speed for all World Cup events set by German luger Felix Loch at 153.98 km/h ( 95.68 mph ) . In late 2009 , more training took place in preparation for the Winter Olympics . On 12 February 2010 , the day of the Olympic opening ceremonies , Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed during a training run while reportedly going 143.3 km/h ( 89.0 mph ) . This resulted in the men 's singles event being moved to the women 's singles and men 's doubles start house while both the women 's singles and men 's doubles event were moved to the junior start house .
The bobsleigh competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at the Whistler Sliding Centre between 20 and 27 February 2010 .
The luge competition events of the 2010 Winter Olympics were held between 13 and 17 February 2010 at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler , British Columbia , Canada .
The skeleton competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Sliding Centre . The events were held between the 18 and 19 February 2010 . This event was expanded to four runs over two days beginning at these Olympic Games .