Posted on26 January 2010. Tags: BC place, bc stadium place, closing ceremonies, opening ceremonies, Paralympics, skytrain, wait time
BC Place – The Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games will be held in BC Place Stadium in downtown Vancouver.
This will also be the site for nightly Victory Ceremonies presentations.
BC Place Stadium – will seat approximately 55,000 spectators for the Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies and features the largest air-supported stadium roof in North America. The enclosed venue offers many advantages in addition to protection from winter weather, including an unprecedented opportunity to stretch the boundaries of ceremonies’ spectacle using state-of-the-art lighting, projection, sound and special effects technology.
Gates open 4 hours prior to the ceremonies & People will be let in 2 hours prior to the event.
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Nadia - who has written 20 posts on Vancouver Access 2010.
Nadia Aly is armed with a Masters of Digital Media from the Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver BC. This program is a result of joint collaboration between University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Emily Carr Institute and BCIT. She is a Social Media Addict and is passionate about the internet and the possibilities it offers to change the world.
For the last 6 years while she worked her way through school, Nadia founded properties like PeopleVancouver.com, s0cialmedia.com, built widgets for BC Tourism and has served as the Social Media Manager for several clients. She also serves on the Board for Woodward’s Community Digital Media Centre (www.CreativeTechnology.org), a not- for- profit organization focused on equipping the underprivileged with technical skills -to name just a few of her endeavors.
During the games she will be covering plenty of different experiences.
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She was responsible for the web development of this website until March 1st 2010.
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