Rebuilding Vancouver

To prepare for the Winter Olympics, there were many new rinks, arenas, and sports facilities built. The Vancouver Organization Committee, VANOC, wanted to create new theatres and sports facilities so the athletes could compete under the best conditions possible. They also wanted to have the best conditions for the spectators as well. New and existing facilities were used during the Olympic Games, which stretched over a 120 km zone from Richmond to the Whistler Mt. Resort ("Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Videos, Photos, News."). New roads, and buildings were also built for the Games. These were designed to be used after the Games to help bring more tourism and money to Vancouver in the future (Prohaska). The infrastructure was the most costly, but also provided the most benefits, by providing new jobs and bringing in more tourism (Spence). A new, seventeen acre Athlete Village was built that provided over 900 jobs ("Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Workers Start Search for New Employment "). Improvements were made to the Sea-to-Sky highway connecting Vancouver and Whistler Mt., and a new rapid transit line was built. All of these projects helped improve Vancouver’s economy by creating more jobs, and bringing in tourists.
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