2010 Winter Olympics
From news on athletes, tickets, facilities and the border, Adventure writer Craig Hill takes you inside the ramp up to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Just 175 miles north of Tacoma, the Vancouver, B.C., games will likely be the closest the Olympics ever come to the South Sound region. Reach Craig via e-mail at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com.
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A look inside the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Posted by Craig Hill @ 09:59:20 am

FROM VANOC:

The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) today released its report for the second quarter of the fiscal year, which includes a management discussion and analysis, and interim financial statements for the period ending January 31, 2009. VANOC’s quarterly report is available at www.vancouver2010.com.

“As we expected, we’re in a positive cash position this quarter because of revenues arising from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), sponsors and ticket sales. Licensing and merchandising revenue doubled this quarter and over $94 million worth of tickets were sold,” said John McLaughlin, VANOC’s chief financial officer. “However, these remain challenging economic times reinforcing our need to be financially prudent.”

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