MetaFilter posts tagged with olympics and 2010

OMG only 18 months til the Olympics and you don't have tickets yet!

neuron — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:49:16 -0800

The 2010 Olympic Winter Games ticket requests start one week from today! It's just up the road in Vancouver, B.C.. "In just one week the Request Period for Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games tickets begins! Here is a quick look at the timeline for Phase 1 and a few tools to help you plan your once-in-a-lifetime Olympic experience: October 3-November 7, 2008: Request Period Visit vancouver2010.com to build and submit your ticket request anytime during this five-week window. November 8-November 23, 2008: Lottery Period Where ticket demand exceeds the available supply, an automated, random selection process (lottery) will ensure the fairest possible ticket distribution. By December 5: Notification period All applicants will be notified by e-mail regarding the status of their ticket request and which sessions and/or packages they may have secured. December 8-22: Priority access period Remaining tickets will be re-released on a first-come, first-served basis exclusively to those who submitted a request during the Request Period. Planning Tools (and a couple of fun extras) Vancouver2010.com contains all you need to know about Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ticketing. The site offers an enhanced, in-depth and interactive experience for virtual visitors worldwide. Schedule and prices by day - we've posted the day-by-day schedule and included ticket prices to make your planning easier. With Glowing Hearts video - This one-minute spot features Canadians from all walks of life and all regions of the country celebrating the newly announced Vancouver 2010 motto. Vancouver 2010 video podcasts - These podcasts offer a great way to learn more about the sports of the 2010 Winter Games."

Downtown Eastside Seeks Foreign Aid

KokuRyu — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:24:47 -0800

Vancouver group asks UN (rather than local government) to help homeless Canadians The Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) met with United Nations representative Miloon Kothari this week and appealed to the UN to intervene on behalf of homeless people in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. via Homelessness in Vancouver was estimated in 2007 to be at the level of approximately 1,500-2,000 people sleeping outside at night and hundreds more in shelters and couch surfing. It is expected to reach 3,000 by the year 2010, the year Vancouver will host the Winter Olympics. There are no funding constraints. The suggested 3,200 units of social housing would cost $640 million. The provincial government is running a budgetary surplus this year of $4.1 billion. The federal government had a surplus of $6.4 billion in the first quarter of 2007. Previously

Genuine protest or pure intimidation?

KokuRyu — Thu, 17 May 2007 13:29:55 -0800

Protesters threaten to target homes of Olympic officials Anti-poverty protesters in B.C. are threatening to take their protest against the 2010 Olympics to the homes of Vancouver Olympic officials. Protest organizer David Cunningham says members of the Anti-Poverty Committee know where officials from the Vancouver Organizing Committee live and work and protesters will take their demonstration directly to them. The Anti-Poverty Committee has a controversial presence in Vancouver currently. Among other things, they throw urine at people they don't like. Anti-Poverty Committee spokesman David Cunningham said these tactics (well, maybe not the urine) are the only way to get the attention of politicians.

Welcome to Whistler

timeistight — Wed, 02 Jul 2003 08:50:17 -0800

Vancouver gets the games. 2010 Winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver, BC. Maybe now we can get a Mefi meetup.