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Originally Posted by awvan
I'm a little disappointed there wasn't a "fuck ya!" option for this poll. lol.
So yes, it was totally 100% worth it. I think it was an unbelievable success, and it could have been even better. Kumartashvili's death was a horrible and I believe preventable occurrence. I don't think the course's speed or difficulty had to be changed, but the way the last corner was designed without higher walls AND padded steel supports was tragic mistake. Perhaps it wouldn't have prevented injury, but it would have prevented death. It was a shame we had to dumb down the course as much as we did (over 5000 sliders went down the track before Nodar without much incident) but it had to be done. Beyond that the other issues were quite minor. The buses from mountain venues were poorly organized at best, and the fact that after building an unbelievable huge grandstand stadium at Cypress they couldn't extended the platforms another 50-100 feet or so for the standing room spectators was just plain dumb. I also wish the Bay could have produced more Olympic merchandise. The half-assed stuff they brought out a couple days in (due to being sold-out of everything sweet) was a bit of an insult. I can understand not expecting certain numbers, but the same stuff sold out early at Christmas time as sold out early during the days leading up to the games. Could they not have seen that coming?
Anyways, I focus on what could have gone better because focussing on what went well would take hours. John Furlong deserves the Order of Canada for the work he did putting on our games. It may not at the end of the day make money for Vancouver/BC/Canada or even break even, but it brought this country together like I've never seen in my lifetime (however short, 26 years). I am sad the games are over as I missed going to many things (LiveCity Yaletown, Holland House, the Russian Tall Ship to name a few), but also somewhat glad as I am sick due to late nights, beer, yelling and cheering at events. I also have an "Olympic-sized" credit card bill. lol.
I hope to see another Winter Games in Canada in my lifetime. I know we have to share and all, but I'd really love it to be in Vancouver again.
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They were likely surprised by the success of the mittens &tc., and had to re-order from the chinese factories, load the containers, ship them over, unload to their warehouses across the country & re-stock the shelves. This takes months to do in normal circumstances, but then you throw in having the chinese factories shutting down for Chinese New Years, that really gums up production. There was little time between sell-out in Christmas and Olympics starting to get the orders made & delivered.
And lets not forget the torch relay starting in October, where every town & city that the torch appeared had a rush of people to their local Bay to get the iconic mittens.
I'm waiting to see the article in "Shipping and Receiving Monthly News" on how they were able to cope with the daily changing demands for the Olympic souvenirs across the country.
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