Olympic rings coming to Coal Harbour

[twoNeurons]

Ya know... alcohol isn't "needed" to have fun.

[LeftCoaster]

Yeah!

There are plenty of other drugs you could use to enhance your time!

[Pinion]

If there are no gigantic rings on Grouse it will be a travesty. I'm sure they could put them where it'd be virtually impossible to reach.

[Delirium]

seeing as the rings are on a barge, in the middle of the harbour, it certainly opens up the possibility of having a fireworks show...

celebration of light should sponsor a nightly display of sorts. i remember the fireworks going off the rings on the sydney bridge in 2000. that was awesome.
they could do something similar here.

[mr.x]

^ albeit, it's a pretty small barge...though they could have a dozen small barges for a major but short fireworks display like Sydney and Beijing or even the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealths.

[SpongeG]

Originally Posted by Delirium

someone already mentioned this but having the rings on the north shore mountains leaves them prone to being under cloud cover and not visible so why even take a chance?

furthermore, i think it only makes sense to have the rings in Vancouver seeing it's the host city. it would be pretty embaressing if north van had rings, richmond had them but the city of vancouver didn't.

Quote from Hed Kandi
Why, for one month, would the city attempt to shake its "no fun" image and then resort back to its former policies of bondage. Vancouver should capitalize on this opportunity to re-brand itself as a city with a progressive entertainment scene.

i take it you weren't in Salt Lake for the 2002 games? do you have any idea what their liquor laws are like? archaic to say the least. It wasn't until July of this year that you didn't need a "membership" to buy a drink. that's right. if you walked into a bar you couldn't just order a drink. you had to buy a membership first. ALL patrons who look under 35 must have their ID's scanned. everywhere, everybody, no exception. restaurants, bars, clubs. That still exists today. there are only 6 liquor stores in the entire state!
look it up on google. salt lake has the strightest liquor laws in the US.
that's what you get for being a mormon state.

so i'm really not concerned that vancouver will have a "no-fun" image. in fact, it'll probably be the complete opposite.

well thats cause its a mormon state - when we were there in the 80's you couldn't buy coffee or coke

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by Delirium

seeing as the rings are on a barge, in the middle of the harbour, it certainly opens up the possibility of having a fireworks show...

celebration of light should sponsor a nightly display of sorts. i remember the fireworks going off the rings on the sydney bridge in 2000. that was awesome.
they could do something similar here.

Delerium if you look closely the barge is just there to assist in the installiation of pilings, the rings will not just be sitting on a barge.

PS removing pilings is very difficult... wonder what they will use the pilings for post olympics?

[zivan56]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Yeah!

There are plenty of other drugs you could use to enhance your time!

And you wouldn't need to worry about getting a ticket/being arrested for consuming it anywhere in public.
I love the fact that the police take away beer and write you a ticket. Yet, there is a guy shooting up a block away and nobody cares. Or someone walking around spazzing and smoking crack.

Of course we all know people who consume alcohol are violent and deserve to be thrown in jail..especially considering most alcoholics break into cars to steal 5 cents in order to get their next hit of Bud light
Also, not to mention they are supporting organized crime when they buy their next hit at the BC Liquour Store. Lock them up!

[LeftCoaster]

Haha I've ranted about that exact issue many times before! Unfortunately no one aside from me really seems interested...

Its pretty damn rediculious though if you ask me.

[mr.x]

The rings were unveiled earlier this evening, they look awesome!


But it's a real shame this is all we're doing in terms of lit Olympic rings.

[Locked In]

^ From this weeks BIV:

Bring it and ring it

Clank, clank, clank. That’s the sound of the cowbell, the ubiquitous noisemaker at European winter sports events from Switzerland to Sweden.

Grouse Mountain president Stuart McLachlan did his part October 27 to ring, ring, ring in a refreshing new sound when his Hiwus Feast House hosted the blessing of the North Shore Celebration Bear Bells. The North Shore Spirit of B.C. Committee fundraiser for the North Shore Black Bear Network could become all the rage for those who already have red mittens.

The bells don’t bear the VANOC logo, but that’s no solace for VANOC licensee RC Products, which has its own Vancouver 2010-branded bear bell product.

The big news will be the Eye of the Wind turbine that will be tested in December and launched in January with its elevator and viewing deck. It’ll serve 25% of Grouse’s energy needs.

It may not, however, be powering the Olympic rings that were planned for Grouse. VANOC can’t afford to light it up, but Grouse is talking to BC Hydro, General Electric and Alcan.

“Time is getting very narrow, but I’m always hopeful,” McLachlan said. •

Source: Business in Vancouver

[David]

i can see the rings from my apartment in east van, they look great. very bright and pretty easy to make out

[vanman]

Originally Posted by Locked In

^ From this weeks BIV:



Source: Business in Vancouver

Thanks for posting. So there is still hope for Grouse. It would be a very smart marketing move on their part considering the fact that they don't have any Olympic events happening there. If they do decide to put the rings up they could easily become one of Vancouver's most memorable landmarks, even if they are only a temporary installation. It would be like our version of the Hollywood sign.

[SpongeG]

i got down there just as they were moving the rings - they are closer to stanley park now

on the news they were very close to the convention centre - either way they look good

[SpongeG]

some pics - and the last one is really blurry since i had no tripod or flat thing to put the camera on but if someone wanders out there its an awesome vantage point with the city behind...

[mr.x]

They better get their act together quickly, there's only 99 days.

[SpongeG]

some video

• Video Link

[officedweller]

Damn - so they ARE on a BARGE!
Guess the piling were just to secure the barge?

[SpongeG]

yes they are moveable - in the one pic you can see the tugboats that were moving them

[SpongeG]

Olympic rings light up Vancouver's inner harbour


VANCOUVER - A set of 14-metre tall Olympic Rings floating in Coal Harbour that will shine throughout the Games were lit today by Premier Gordon Campbell to mark the start of the 100-day countdown to the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

"The Olympic Rings are one of the iconic symbols of these Games and this inner harbour showpiece will be a visual focal point for billions of people watching 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games worldwide and for visitors and residents to our province during the Games," Campbell said in a press release.

"When Canadian athletes win medals, these rings will put on a programmable light show that will spread the excitement of their success across the city, throughout British Columbia and across Canada. These rings were also designed and built by B.C. firms and showcase the kind of green-technology innovation taking place in our province."

The rings have thousands of individual LED lights that can be programmed for complex light show displays and will be visible from around the harbour, the premier's office said. They measure 13.7 metres (45 feet) high by 29.3 metres (96 feet) wide. As part of B.C.'s commitment to a green games the lights in the display use energy efficient bulbs that consume approximately eight per cent of the electricity of equivalent incandescent bulbs.

"As we kick off the 100-day countdown to the 2010 Games and as we celebrate the first days of the Olympic Torch Relay, the excitement is building in every corner of the province," Campbell said.

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for our communities, our province and our nation, and we will all share in the pride when those Olympic Rings light up in celebration of Canada's first medal of the 2010 Games."

There are now two sets of LED Olympic rings in the lower mainland. The other is near Vancouver International Airport.

The inner harbour rings are moored at Brockton Point and will be moved for lightshow events.


The Olympic Rings are lit up in the water off Coal Harbour on the waterfront in Vancouver November 4, 2009.
Photograph by: Andy Clark, Reuters


A set of Olympic rings light-up Vancouver's Coal harbour, November 4th, in preparation of the upcoming 2010 winter Olympics.
Photograph by: Ward Perrin, Vancouver Sun


Premier Gordon Campbell and Vanoc CEO John Furlong light-up Vancouver's Coal harbour, November 4, with a set of floating Olympic rings. Today marked one hundred days until the 2010 winter Olympics.
Photograph by: Ward Perrin, Vancouver Sun

there is some video of what they can do at the link/source