I live in Vancouver and am not attending any events. But I will head downtown to check out the spirit and free shit they've got down there.
For the locals: what do you think? Are you going?
For anyone else: are you coming? Will you be watching?
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I live in Vancouver and am not attending any events. But I will head downtown to check out the spirit and free shit they've got down there.
For the locals: what do you think? Are you going?
For anyone else: are you coming? Will you be watching?
I'll probably watch and be happy that I don't live in place that is hosting the Olympics.
I will not be watching as the TV coverage is through NBC which I am boycotting due to their treatment of Conan O'Brien
I wish i was there. Can't wait for men's hockey to begin. Canada vs USA should be a heck of a game.
USA? Nahhh it's the Russians and Sweedens that's going to make the best of games.
I agree. Thankfully we have other options here instead of NBC.Quote:
Originally Posted by TAVS [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
They have a lot of skilled players but much more is needed. You need heart. Players who are willing to do dirty work(blocking shots, sacrificing in the corners and all that) which most Russians and Swedes do not have. Canadian boys will pull it off and USA will come close once again.Quote:
Originally Posted by girl68 [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
I dunno... We got crosby... they've got the twins... it will be a good game at that.
Oh definitely. Russia and Sweden are very strong and they will play exciting hockey. I just like Canada vs USA especially because it has become a huge rivalry. Sort of like Canada vs Russia although that has died down a little bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by girl68 [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
Basically it's crosby vs. ovechkin.
We have a very impressive roster this year. Besides Crosby there is Iginla, Nash, Thornton, Marleau. All these players are near the top of NHL. Russians are strong too with Ovechkin, Malkin, Semin and few others.
Don't think i will at Vancouver.. but i will be watching the sport closely from my desk...
:D
I'm only going to the local stuff, Girl. I am staying waaay away from Vancouver. If I didn't already have another trip booked, I'd be out of town for the two weeks.
The local stuff IS in Vancouver. So what kind of local are you talking about?
Sure I'll watch it if it's on local. I have rabbit ears.
I was planning to avoid it like the plague, then one guy in my company with whom my fiance and I both have a working relationship gave us curling tickets. So now I'm going to an event, and now that I'm going to an event, we're going to take the day to see some of the shows and visit a pavilion or two.
Yesterday I was having coffee and studying at one of the Starbucks here in Chilliwack (an hour outside Vancouver), when a Swedish Olympic women's team of some kind all hopped off a tour bus and came in for coffee. It was cool.
That's cool, blue. You should go see some of those hockey games. The crowd at GM Place usually goes nuts!Quote:
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There are no hockey tickets to be found, unless you want to sell your firstborn to get one.
I heard tickets for the gold medal match were selling for the thousands.
I'm in the burbs on the water, Girl. That should be enough to narrow it down. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by girl68 [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
This thread kind of made me realize that this is the first time I've ever been this affected by the Olympics.....only because it's in my (and Indi and girl68's) hometown.
No one else probably gives a damn.
A pair of shitty seats for men's gold is 10K.
10K? that's insane!Quote:
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Which is why I found it absolutely hilarious that you even suggest that seeing mens hockey is even an option...
I'm not rabidly against the Olympics like some, but I do think its largely a politicians sandbox. I was talking to our MP last week and he was telling me his schedule for the next few days. Insane and no time for doing his actual job: helping his constituents.
As for the games -- there should at least have been a lottery for some of the tickets so the 'common folk' could take part.
So, while I think its okay we are hosting, I'm largely ambivalent and cynical that the average BC person will see any benefit from them. Except for our real estate prices, those investments have done well, but how much of the population does that really affect?
Indi, I've been saying all this since the day we were awarded the Olympics.
As for the benefit to average British Columbians....really none, except if you happen to make it in for a few free shows, and if you owned a home long before the games. It's a party for the rich and famous, and the politicians. Major sponsors have booked out entire restaurants down in Yaletown to host dinners for incoming celebrities. I have a feeling the only place we'll be able to have dinner is McD's.
Its weird, tho. There are people who are going to all the music events, the torch ceremony, etc. I'm a crowdaphobic, tho, so that's part of my bias.
But, friends who have businesses in Vancouver have suffered hugely (no parking anywhere DT now, Hastings is a mess) and I'm just not seeing the supposed benefits they will get from all the hullabaloo.
Anyway, the unis are closed for the two weeks and my work is only affected lightly, so we'll just sit back and relax while the insanity takes hold of everyone else.
Apparently, the hotels aren't booked like they thought they'd be either, so they're starting to drop their rates.
I think I'll only be able to handle one day in it, that will be enough for me. I a crowdaphobe too. We were planning to take the Skytrain, and I can already envision a panic attack coming on.