The Imact on Canada

The 2010 Winter Olympics had a big impact on Vancouver’s economy. “It was the equivalent of staging three Super Bowls a day for seventeen days,” said John Furlong, the Chief Organizer of the 2010 Winter Games. It would have been impossible to find a hotel within 100 km of the Games (Prohaska). This event added a lot of money to the economy from ticket sales and the tourism. Thousands of people from all over the world were staying in hotels, eating on restaurants, and going to shopping centers in the Vancouver area. This added to a large amount of money to the economy. The Games also created over 45,000 new jobs. A lot of help was needed to prepare for the Winter Games. New roads, buildings, convention centers, and facilities needed to be built. These projects helped create jobs, and would also attract more tourists in the future. The 2010 Winter Olympics impacted Vancouver’s economy as well as helped to develop the areas athletic facilities. http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/billion+jobs+generated+Vancouver+2010+Winter+Olympics+reports/3993790/story.html