The Board of Directors fifth meeting of Vancouver 2010 took place Wednesday and reporting on the meeting, Jack Poole, Chairman of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games Board, said in a press release that “final touches on venue construction are underway and athletes are already here training and getting ready to compete. With the first of this winter season’s 16 sport events starting next month and tickets on sale in a matter of weeks, Canadians and sport enthusiasts around the world will be able to touch and feel the Games more and more each day”. He added, “the board today received a number of updates that provide confidence we’re on track and ready for the pressure and spotlight that comes with hosting the next Games”.
According to the press release the Sport department has welcomed nine National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) to Vancouver since May and is planning for 11 additional NOC visits and six NPC visits in the coming weeks and months.
VANOC has recently hosted biathlon, cross-country skiing and luge delegations and is preparing for upcoming visits from bobsleigh, skeleton, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, curling, short track speed skating, ski jumping, luge, biathlon, and cross-country skiing delegations as well as delegations from Paralympic events including cross-country skiing, biathlon, alpine sking and wheelchair curling.
Vancouver 2010 has received revenue commitments generated from domestic sponsorship for the 2010 Games at $735 million, or 97 per cent of it’s overall target of $760 million. Although National Partner and Official Supporter revenue targets have been achieved, Vancouver 2010 says it expects to sign between six to eight new sponsors at the Official Supplier level.
Construction on the Richmond Olympic Oval is on track and will be completed on schedule, and the Vancouver Olylmpic/Paralympic Centre is on schedule. The concrete building structure and mail structural steel and glulam erection of the Trout Lake training venue are complete. Concrete tilt-up wall panels and main structural steel have been erected at the Killarney training venue, significant progress has been made on all building structures of the Olympic and Paralympic Village in Vancouver, while at the Olympic and Paralympic Village in Whistler town homes are nearing completion. The steel roof erection is complete on the High Performance Centre of the Whistler Athletes’ Centre. Construction of the lodge building and town homes is ongoing.
