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Week of June 30-July 6, 2003
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Jul 02, 2003
Vancouver, Whistler and SFU victorious…While the 2010 Olympic Winters Games are still seven years off, the planning in earnest has begun in Vancouver, Whistler and on Burnaby Mountain. The International Olympic Committee announced today, the day after Canada Day, that Vancouver/Whistler, BC has beat out Pyeongchang, South Korea and Salzburg, Austria in winning the bid to host the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Among many things, the victory means that SFU’s Burnaby campus will be the home of a long-track speedskating oval, which will become a legacy for the university and the province. SFU associate-VP, academic Bill Krane is chair of the university’s Olympic Oval planning committee. Krane can talk about how the $70 million oval will serve BC well beyond the Olympics and SFU’s vision of it as a catalyst for the creation of a sport institute on campus. "The institute would host research on high performance sports, be linked to a new sports club on Burnaby Mountain and have a national or international flavour," says Krane.
SFU tourism expert Peter Williams, a professor of resource and environmental management, was at GM Place in Vancouver, along with a number of other people, to hear the announcement of the winner. Williams can comment on the show of political, community and business representatives at the celebratory event in Vancouver. Williams can also comment on great expectations associated with winning the bid. "The bid book was filled with promises and strategic alliances between all sorts of groups," notes Williams. "If the promises bear fruit the games will create a wonderful opportunity for diverse groups to bond on making the games environmentally stable and making them create spin off benefits for all of BC."
SFU marketing expert Lindsay Meredith, a professor of business administration, can talk about how necessary improvements to the Vancouver to Whistler highway, a bid promise, will impact travelers and residents.
Among many things, the victory means that SFU’s Burnaby campus will be the home of a long-track speedskating oval, which will become a legacy for the university and the province. SFU associate-VP, academic Bill Krane is chair of the university’s Olympic Oval planning committee. Krane can talk about how the $70 million oval will serve BC well beyond the Olympics and SFU’s vision of it as a catalyst for the creation of a sport institute on campus. "The institute would host research on high performance sports, be linked to a new sports club on Burnaby Mountain and have a national or international flavour," says Krane.
SFU tourism expert Peter Williams, a professor of resource and environmental management, was at GM Place in Vancouver, along with a number of other people, to hear the announcement of the winner. Williams can comment on the show of political, community and business representatives at the celebratory event in Vancouver. Williams can also comment on great expectations associated with winning the bid. "The bid book was filled with promises and strategic alliances between all sorts of groups," notes Williams. "If the promises bear fruit the games will create a wonderful opportunity for diverse groups to bond on making the games environmentally stable and making them create spin off benefits for all of BC."
SFU marketing expert Lindsay Meredith, a professor of business administration, can talk about how necessary improvements to the Vancouver to Whistler highway, a bid promise, will impact travelers and residents.
- Peter Williams, 604.922.1954, peter_williams@sfu.ca Bill Krane, 604.291.4636, krane@sfu.caLindsay Meredith, 604.291.5554, 604.939.0460, meredith@sfu.ca