Olympic News Circle: Summer & Winter Olympics

Tickets for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver will go on sale on October 11, 2008. Kewl~ I wish I can get a ticket to opening ceremony.

The Vancouver Game will be held between February 12 and February 28, 2010, and followed by the Paralympic Games. Ticket prices for the opening and closing ceremonies will range between C$175 and C$1,100, making them less costly than the 2006 ceremonies in Turin and the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, organizers said. Ticket distribution will not happen until late 2009 to reduce potential counterfeiting.

So I guess you pre-order the ticket in October 2008 and then get the ticket in late 2009.
View Vancouver 2010 Olympic Ticket Price.

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Turino 2006 Winter Olympics is ending soon. Today is the last day of competitions. Tomorrow is the closing ceremony. Don’t know when the closing ceremony will be broadcasted on CBC. Again, if you live in Pacific Time Zone or Mountain TimeZone, let me know the broadcasting times.

Don’t know how much time is allocated in the closing ceremony to showcase the next Winter Olympic Game in Vancouver Whistler year 2010. Hopefully it will be a nice one. Gotta watch it.

Oh yeah, if you know any sources of video clips showing the opening and/or closing ceremonies of Winter Olympic Games, let me know. Thanx.

Here is an article summerizing the bidding history of Vancouver-Whistler as one of the candidate cities to host 2010 Winter Olympics.