2010 Vancouver Olympic & Paralympic Super-Thread

[Yume-sama]

Originally Posted by Waders

I am not sure I like the idea of "For Rent" Olympic cauldron.

People can pay to light the Calgary Tower, too, which served as 1988 Cauldron I recall hearing that it is about $1300 per hour in fuel costs.

[sacrifice333]

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[mr.x]

Originally Posted by Yume-sama

People can pay to light the Calgary Tower, too, which served as 1988 Cauldron I recall hearing that it is about $1300 per hour in fuel costs.

That's not very expensive...is that in today's money?

[SpongeG]

$1300 isn't expensive? for a weekend thats a lot of money

[Yume-sama]

I'd consider $1300/hour for a Flame to be expensive lol

[mr.x]

loll...given the size of the Calgary Tower cauldron, I thought it would be a bit more than $1,300/hour.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigtime...79912/sizes/l/

[nova9]

So it seems like Tourism BC has brought the zipline and Olympians to San Francisco to promote BC.

CNET - Reliving the Olympics

[nobase2010]

This is what the Cauldron will look like on Canada day.




http://www.flickr.com/photos/3420676...79989/sizes/l/

[SpongeG]

did someone here take this pic?

I remember seeign it somewhere on this forum = amyway its being used uncredited at vancouver is awesome - someone can go scoop the credit if its yours....

Granville Street about a week ago, and today
POSTED March 11, 2010 BY Bob Kronbauer

I’m not entirely sure of the source of this photo and normally I wouldn’t just grab something off of the internet and paste it onto our blog but this image must be shared. It’s nice having the streets back but those days of madness were a lot of fun, weren’t they?

I was alerted to it’s existence by The Peak, and the link to the photo is http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._1824896_n.jpg … if you know exactly where it came from please comment below so we can give proper credit.

http://vancouverisawesome.com/2010/0...-ago/#comments

[ckkelley]

That's awesome!!

[Denscity]

NBC is showing a 1.5 hour recap of the paralympics starting right now.

[VanHowe]

Thanks for posting this. I am watching.

[jlousa]

As discussed among the mods we are now closing the Olympic forum. Since there is still activity in this thread, I'm moving it into the general topic section. Continue on.

[nova9]

Sigh. Another thread closure brings back the sad memories of the Olympic party going away.

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by nobase2010

This is what the Cauldron will look like on Canada day.




http://www.flickr.com/photos/3420676...79989/sizes/l/

does anyone know when they plan on having this finished?

[nova9]

I've always felt that a plaza needs something more than just the space. Space by itself is not going to draw people to it. I think the addition of the cauldron to Jack Poole Plaza will guarantee a stream of visitors to it so I'm very happy about its permanent location.

[flight_from_kamakura]

this is how it should have been during the olympics. wow though, definitely better late than never.

[Yume-sama]

Now, will the pool be deep enough for sharks with laser beams on their heads to patrol to keep it safe?

[LeftCoaster]

No sharks, just ill tempered sea bass.

[jlousa]

Wouldn't it be cheaper to just fill the pool with water from the Lake Ontario, no one would dare risk going in then.