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GM Place, Canada Place and Gastown
It only takes 25 minutes to reach Downtown from North Vancouver, You will cross the North Shore surrounded by mountains and the Vancouver Skyline.
The SeaBus is a passenger only ferry that crosses the Burrard Inlet, connecting downtown Vancouver with the North Shore. Each ferry can seat up to 400 passengers at a time, and departs every 15 minutes during the day and every 30 minutes in the evening.
Canada Place
Canada Place is situated in Canada's busiest harbour and third largest city. Gracing downtown Vancouver's premiere location in the heart of the city's harbour front.
Canada Place offers incredible views of Coal Harbour, Stanley Park, Downtown Vancouver, the North Shore and our surrounding mountains.
Canada Place's innovative design evokes the spirit of Canada's legendary maritime heritage and British Columbia's reputation as Canada's Gateway to the Pacific.
Capilano Suspension Bridge from the apartment
Your pulse quickens as you step onto the swaying planks of Vancouver's first visitor attraction. Breathe in the cedar-scented rainforest air as you make your way across Vancouver's famous landmark.
Only minutes away from downtown Vancouver, Capilano Suspension Bridge takes you
to the natural splendor of rainforest trails through magnificent evergreens and the unique perspective of Treetops Adventure, a walk high in the trees.
Venue Events in Cypress Mountain
Cypress provides skiers, riders and sliders with the most vertical drop, most terrain, most lifts and best snow conditions on the highest skiing and riding peak of Vancouver's Legendary North Shore Mountains.
Cypres is the official freestyle skiing and snowboard venue for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Freestyle Skiing
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Snowboard
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see calendar event
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Men’s Aerials
Ladies’ Aerials
Men’s Moguls
Ladies’ Moguls
Men’s Ski Cross
Ladies’ Ski Cross |
Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom
Ladies’ Parallel Giant Slalom
Men’s Halfpipe
Ladies’ Halfpipe
Men’s Snowboard Cross
Ladies’ Snowboard Cross |
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Victory Ceremony Tickets
BC Place (20- 25 minutes to downtown) which will host the Opening ( Feb.12) and Closing ceremonies ( Feb.28) as well as for all Olympic Victory Ceremonies that will be celebrated every evening from Feb 14-26.
Nightly Victory Ceremonies honour winning athletes each day. Olympic winners receive medals by the Olympic Flame.
A celebration concert follows, with music, national anthems and big name performers.
Thirty thousand tickets will be available for each Olympic Victory Ceremony. Twenty thousand Victory Ceremony tickets will cost $22. (prices are subject to change, Global Target is not responsible for this information).
Pre-Olympic games tickets
Prior to the 2010 Winter Games, Whistler and Vancouver sporting events will test Olympic venues, staff and operations. Canadian spectators can buy tickets for these competition and non-competition sporting events and preview the athletes, sports and Olympic facilities.
Tickets are free for some of these pre-Olympic events. Other sports events tickets cost $5 to $40 per game (prices are subject to change, Global Target is not responsible for this information).
Gastown
Includes information on hotels, shopping, history, architecture, native art, antiques, dining, sightseeing, and pubs...Just to start!
(25 minutes from Lonsdale apartment)
Grouse Mountain from the apartment
Grouse Mountain (15-25 minutes from Capilano apartment) plans to run its lifts 24 hours per day during the Olympics.
Want to ski round the clock?
You can at Grouse Mountain during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. The resort plans to run it skiing and mountain operations nonstop for 24 hours each day during the 17 days of the Olympics.
Special events include sunrise and midnight snowshoe tours, a marathon of winter action sports films at the Theatre in the Sky, and rides on the Air Grouse Mountain Zipline circuit. Other activities include ice skating, dining, contests, sleigh rides, and, of course, skiing and riding the slopes. |
