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« Reply #300 on Sept 6, 2008, 10:39pm » | |
Musical Mom - Thanks for that info!
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« Reply #301 on Sept 6, 2008, 10:48pm » | |
Sept 6, 2008, 9:53pm, musicalmom wrote:Hi All;
I think I mentioned it before, but if not, I've been told that tickets will go on sale around Sept 16-18 and will be available at:
www.ticketmaster.ca
because they hold the license for activities at the Pacific Coliseum.
so far, they are not listed on the sports schedule there.
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I went to www.ticketmaster.ca and this is what is posted:
Sat, 10/25/08
02:30 PM World Cup Short Track Speed Skating Competition
on sale: Mon,
10/13/08 10:00 AM (PDT)
Sun, 10/26/08
02:30 PM World Cup Short Track Speed Skating Competition
on sale: Mon,
10/13/08 10:00 AM (PDT)
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« Reply #302 on Sept 7, 2008, 10:27pm » | |
Next up: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics
As Beijing wraps up its over-the-top show, Vancouver promises a very different event: "We have our own magic," its chief says.
By Ron Judd
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BRITISH COLUMBIA will test its readiness for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics with this series of events in 2008 and 2009:
Oct. 24-26, 2008: Short-track speedskating, World Cup, Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Jan. 15-18, 2009: Cross-country skiing, World Cup, Whistler Olympic Park
Jan. 15-18: Nordic combined, World Cup, Whistler Olympic Park
Jan. 23-24: Ski jumping, World Cup, Whistler Olympic Park
Feb. 2-8: Bobsled and skeleton, World Cup, Whistler Sliding Center
Feb. 2-8: Four Continents figure-skating championships, Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Feb. 6-8: Freestyle skiing, World Cup, Cypress Mountain
Feb. 13-15: Snowboard, World Cup, Cypress Mountain, Vancouver
Feb. 16-22: Luge, World Cup, Whistler Sliding Center
March 5-8: Biathlon, World Cup, Whistler Olympic Park
March 9-14: Alpine skiing, World Cup, Whistler Mountain
March 12-15: World-speedskating championship, Richmond Oval
Aug. 31-Sept. 6: Women's and men's Four Nations hockey, GM Place or UBC, Vancouver
Source: www.Vancouver2010.com
Even before the flame was doused above Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium, John Furlong sensed that inevitable moment when the eyes of the world shift, and an Olympic host city goes from being a benchwarmer to next at bat.
"We feel it already," Furlong, the CEO of the Vancouver Organizing Committee, said by phone Saturday from Beijing.
"It's pressure. We're very excited about it, but we have a serious piece of work to complete before the world shows up on our doorstep in 2010."
The Vancouver 2010 Games — perhaps the closest the Olympics will ever get to Seattle — are less than 18 months away. But in terms of ticket sales and sport-venue test events, both of which launch in October — the countdown now shifts to a matter of weeks.
To prepare, Furlong and his staff spent a month in Beijing, riding buses, walking through turnstiles, eating food — kicking the tires of an Olympics. His impression:
"You'd have to be a pretty severe critic not to have enjoyed this," he said. "It's been impressive. They've done a great job. Of course, there are always little things ... "
The little things are likely to mean big differences in the way Vancouver's Games play out in 2010.
For starters, the two Olympics — one summer, one winter — are apples and oranges: The Beijing Games had twice as many athletes, twice as much media, more than four times as many tickets — and its $40 billion-plus budget dwarfs the Vancouver Games' approximate $2 billion budget for operations and facilities (though taxpayers there are spending another $1 billion to $2 billion on infrastructure and transportation improvements).
Everything about Beijing was over the top, state of the art. The administrator in Furlong marveled at the way Beijing was transformed, in such a short time. "I've been here six times in six years," he said. "I've seen six different cities."
Beijing's Olympic Green is three times the size of Vancouver's Stanley Park, and was essentially built in three years — something that likely would take 30 years in the process-oriented environment of British Columbia.
The realist — and the Canadian — in Furlong knows that nothing of that scale could, or even should, occur in Vancouver, even though it will be the largest metro area ever to host a Winter Games.
That's why the stark differences Furlong and his staff are predicting for the 2010 Games are more a matter of style. The Games, to be spread between dual Olympic centers in downtown Vancouver, where most ice sports will take place, and Whistler, home of most alpine events, will feel more intimate, friendly, and open, Furlong vows.
The model Furlong most often invokes is the 2000 Sydney Olympics, which are remembered for the celebratory atmosphere that surrounded every event. A feeling of national pride seemed to ooze through the infrastructure, and Furlong believes Vancouver, one of the world's most diverse cities, can replicate that feeling in a Winter Games.
Key to that, however, is providing an "intimate atmosphere" of packed houses and enthusiastic fans — something the past several Olympics have often lacked.
Part of the problem is out of local organizers' hands. The International Olympic Committee takes about 30 percent of all tickets off the top, reserving them for officials, sponsors and other members of the "Olympic Family." The local Games committee has no control over how those tickets are distributed — and whether they get used.
Vancouver organizers will aggressively seek to redistribute tickets that otherwise would go unused. It's a daunting task, but one deemed especially important because demand for events in Vancouver and Whistler is expected to be immense, from both Canadian and American audiences.
Ticket details — and other nagging concerns, such as long border waits for travelers coming and going from B.C. — are still being worked out, though Furlong says he is "encouraged" by public pronouncements from government officials on both sides.
But the major challenges of building the Games' infrastructure have largely already been met — on time and on budget, Furlong adds.
Venues at both Whistler and in the city, built with a $580 million (Canadian dollars) construction budget shared by the province and the federal government, are all on schedule, and mostly complete.
Only the Richmond Oval, the speedskating venue, the curling facility at Queen Elizabeth Park and the massive, glass-enclosed International Broadcast Centre on the city waterfront remain under construction.
As promised when Vancouver won the Games bid in 2005, every venue will be available for a full year of winter-sports testing at a world-class level in advance of the Games.
That winter actually begins in just a matter of weeks, when a short-track speedskating test race is scheduled for the remodeled Pacific Coliseum and could include Seattle's Apollo Ohno. No other Olympic host city has ever had such a work-out-the-bugs opportunity.
Even though the facilities bar has been set ridiculously high by the Chinese, Furlong believes the world will be wowed by some of B.C.'s sports venues.
The massive Richmond Oval, nearing completion on the banks of the Fraser River, is the most impressive structure of its kind anywhere, he said. And other, more natural settings, such as the Whistler Olympic Park, where ski jumpers and Nordic skiers will compete in the Callaghan Valley, "is the most magnificent piece of geography that you could possibly want," he said.
"We have our own magic."
Creating it for television audiences as successfully as the Chinese did might be impossible. Vancouver's opening and closing ceremonies and nightly medal ceremonies, for the first time in Olympic history, will take place indoors, in B.C. Place Stadium.
That presents a challenge, because it prohibits the big, helicopter-aerial opportunities of large outdoor stadiums.
"All this does is spur people on to be more creative," Furlong insisted, noting that the indoor stadium does provide a notable advantage — absolutely predictable weather.
"I think we'll be special in our own way," he said. "It will be very Canadian. We're a very different place, and a very different city. The world lives in Vancouver. It's a very diverse place — an environment that's very friendly.
"We have 18 months of very hard work ahead of us. But I think we're setting ourselves up for success."
Ron Judd: 206-464-8280 or at rjudd@seattletimes.com. Read his Olympics Insider blog at www.seattletimes.com/Olympics
Copyright © 2008 The Seattle Times Company
I posted this here because it makes reference to both the World Cup #2 and the Olympics. Feel free to move it elsewhere if there is a more appropriate place.
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« Reply #303 on Sept 7, 2008, 10:59pm » | |
I made my first slideshow Woo Hoo!! ...........it's to get everyone in the mood for SLC and Short Track. The song doesn't really fit but photobucket didn't have very good music selections. It's best on full screen if you can get it started with out the music starting on the small screen too.
Thanks to Lilly for a lot of the pictures!!
http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii219....nt=8e584a79.pbr
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« Reply #304 on Sept 7, 2008, 11:04pm » | |
Sept 7, 2008, 10:59pm, aao2010 wrote:I made my first slideshow Woo Hoo!! ...........it's to get everyone in the mood for SLC and Short Track. The song doesn't really fit but photobucket didn't have very good music selections. It's best on full screen if you can get it started with out the music starting on the small screen too.
Thanks to Lilly for a lot of the pictures!!
http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii219....nt=8e584a79.pbr
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« Reply #305 on Sept 8, 2008, 2:48am » | |
mm...thank you so much for the vancouver 2010 updates!
that was a great slideshow aao2010!!!
can i post your photobucket link in the apolo video tribute thread?
ETA: thanks!
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« Reply #306 on Sept 8, 2008, 3:21pm » | |
EDIT: JUST SAW YOUR POST AAO2010! GREAT EFFORT - 'hope it gets everybody pumped up!
AMERICAN CUP 1 UPDATE & SUMMARY
!!!*NEW TICKET INFO POSTED BELOW*!!!
If you are planning to attend, I’d suggest copying and pasting this info into something like a Word file so you don’t have to search the entire thread for it later…
PLEASE PM me if you see any errors or have any updates.
Dates: September 27-28, 2008
Location: Plymouth Ice Center, Plymouth, MN
3650 Plymouth Blvd.
Plymouth, MN 55446
763-509-5250
Fax: 763-509-5260
Ice Arena Hot Line: 763-509-5255
icecenter@ci.plymouth.mn.us
Map:
EDIT: No matter how much I tried, I couldn't get the link to copy properly, so just use the following one (you'll see a link to a Map to the Ice Center)
http://www2.ci.plymouth.mn.us/servlet/pa....1&_fdisplayurl=
Doors Open: There's a local event preceding the AmCup, and people with AmCup tickets are able to come for that event and stay in the arena.
View Registered Skaters: Entry Deadline - Sept 17
You'll need to copy and paste this link...
https://webpoint.usspeedskating.org/wp/Events/ViewMeet.asp?EventID=785&isPopup=true&Template=Registrations
Schedule of Events:
Race Times (subject to change)
Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28
Warm up: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Racing starts at 12:15 pm
For early arrivals!
Practice Schedule for September 22-26, 2008
Monday – Wednesday:
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Salt Lake City)
Thursday, September 25:
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Salt Lake City)
12:10 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Marquette)
1:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Open for others)
Friday, September 26:
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Salt Lake City)
12:10 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Marquette)
1:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Open for others)
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Open for others)
The public is welcome to attend these practice sessions.
Ticket Info:
Several of you have expressed concern that some of us are flying or traveling cross-country and want to make sure that we'll have tickets when we get there. I talked to the meet director, and he said that the plan is to allow us to purchase advance VIP tickets that will be held for pickup when we get to Minneapolis. They haven't actually had the 'meeting' about this, and haven't set prices, but the VIP tickets are likely to run about $25 per day and will be located at the starting line of the 1000M race. (They're even gonna remove the glass so the view will be GREAT!). General admission tickets will be somewhere in the neighborhood of $10-$15. He'll notify me with details of this advance purchase option... But be prepared to fire off a check on short notice when the info comes in!
Group Meet-Up Plans:
Dinner – Friday evening, Sept 26. Time/location TBA; There are only a few of us, so we can make that decision when we get there and get acclimated.
If you can’t make the dinner, but would like to meet up with us at the venue, feel free to PM or e-mail me to exchange contact info.
Host Hotels: (Mention ‘Short Track Speedskating Championships’ for special rates)
Country Inn & Suites; ($89 Fri-Sat; $99 Sun-Thurs)
210 Carlson Parkway North , Plymouth, MN 55447
Reservations: (888) 201-1746 US Toll Free
Direct Telephone: (763) 473-3008 Fax: (763) 473-9005
Email: cx_plyh@countryinns.com
http://www.countryinns.com/plymouthmn
Map Link:
You may need to copy and paste the link...
http://www.countryinnsdestinationguide.c....telCode=MNMOUTH
Radisson Hotel & Conf Ctr; ($99 Thurs-Sat; $119 Sun-Wed)
3131 Campus Drive , Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Reservations: (888) 201-1718 US Toll Free
Direct Telephone: (763) 559-6600 Fax: (763) 559-7516
Email: rhcc@rhccmeetings.com
http://www.radisson.com/minneapolismn_plymouth
Map Link:
You may need to copy and paste the link...
http://www.radissondestinationguide.com/....elCode=MNPLYMOU
Links to Watch for More Info:
http://pwspeedskating.homestead.com/2008AmericanCup.html
The following link is actually the registration form, which provides valuable info - you'll need to copy and paste: https://webpoint.usspeedskating.org/files/Event_PDFs/785_Event_RegForm.pdf
Who’s Going?
Lori – competition; dinner
Mtnme – competition; dinner
Wags – competition; dinner
Justsayin – competition; dinner(?)
Tiff – competition; dinner
Apolosgal – competition(?); dinner(?) (Are ya’ goin’, girl?)
I’ve heard of a couple of others who may be going, but don’t have names or confirmation…
If you want to be added to (or subtracted from) this list - or to confirm and get that nasty (?) away from your name, please contact me.
COMING SOON - UPDATE AND SUMMARY FOR
(a) WORLD CUP #1 IN SALT LAKE CITY
(b) WORLD CUP #2 IN VANCOUVER
(c) US SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (NATIONALS) IN ST. LOUIS.
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« Reply #307 on Sept 8, 2008, 4:18pm » | |
Apolo's name has not shown up on American Cup 1 registration. However, Shani Davis registered today. Hopefully Apolo won't be too far behind.
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« Reply #308 on Sept 8, 2008, 8:13pm » | |
Sept 2, 2008, 9:10pm, aaosmts19 wrote:Latest listing of registrants for AmCup1:
Simon Cho 8/14/2008 3:27:12 PM
J.R. Celski 8/14/2008 5:24:53 PM
Allison Baver 8/14/2008 7:53:23 PM
Kyle Uyehara 8/15/2008 11:03:58 AM
Katie Welsh 8/16/2008 9:25:55 AM
Barry Winslow 8/17/2008 8:19:46 PM
Eduardo Alvarez 8/18/2008 6:59:42 PM
Erin Bartlett 8/19/2008 6:50:09 PM
Cherise Wilkins 8/20/2008 4:36:10 AM
Alaina Fiorenza 8/20/2008 7:42:44 AM
Walter Rusk 8/21/2008 3:04:06 PM
Eleanor Poore 8/22/2008 12:11:58 PM
Sarah Burg 8/23/2008 3:09:23 PM
Ansis Robs 8/24/2008 3:10:51 PM
Lana Gehring 8/27/2008 7:52:45 AM
Derek Gray 8/27/2008 8:07:02 AM
Kathleen Russell 8/27/2008 8:17:30 PM
Daniel Fiorenza 8/28/2008 11:18:56 AM
Ryan Bedford 8/28/2008 2:24:15 PM
Alyson Dudek 8/28/2008 8:49:34 PM
Jessica Smith 8/29/2008 10:41:40 AM
Carly Wilson 8/29/2008 1:54:03 PM
Sarah Lehman 8/30/2008 11:00:57 AM
Levi Kirkpatrick 8/31/2008 7:24:03 PM
Maddie Watton 9/1/2008 1:19:06 PM
Buddy Gurr 9/1/2008 9:31:16 PM
Kristen Biondo 9/2/2008 8:04:57 AM
Mary Grace 9/2/2008 9:32:08 AM
Sadie Grace 9/2/2008 9:33:34 AM
Robert Lawrence 9/2/2008 1:21:04 PM
Chris Creveling 9/2/2008 1:53:05 PM
Jonathan Garcia 9/2/2008 1:55:51 PM
Nicholas Frank 9/2/2008 4:29:32 PM
Michael Burdekin 9/2/2008 6:02:10 PM
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Latest, since 9/2:
Still no Apolo, or Katherine Reutter. I notice, too, that Tina Koenig isn't entered. Remember that she recently left SLC to train in Socal?
But we have Shani, and Jeff, and Charles Ryan Lay-vay-yay!
Kelsey Schiel 9/3/2008 10:04:00 AM
Julian Wood 9/4/2008 11:27:32 AM
Chloe Chepigin 9/4/2008 2:52:39 PM
Casey Mullarkey 9/4/2008 4:32:20 PM
Jeffrey Simon 9/5/2008 9:37:15 AM
Charles Ryan Leveille 9/5/2008 11:25:30 AM
Jonathan Sermeno 9/7/2008 1:56:21 PM
Colby Davis 9/7/2008 4:30:13 PM
Shani Davis 9/8/2008 2:47:23 PM
Andrea Dehnke 9/8/2008 3:04:53 PM
Vicky Labourdette 9/8/2008 3:29:50 PM
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« Reply #309 on Sept 8, 2008, 8:55pm » | |
I know that both Anthony Barthell and Tina Koenig are planning on going, and yet, their names still aren't appearing on the sign up .....
Wassup with that, I wonder??? 
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« Reply #310 on Sept 9, 2008, 3:30am » | |
Another one that I'm looking for is Travis Jayner  . But there's still more than a week to register (Sept 17 deadline).
I think that it's totally AWESOME that we'll get to see Shani Davis competing in a rare ST event! Historically he switches back to LT when their season starts (their WC trials start the weekend of the Vancouver WC).
Re: My AmCup update (above)... For those who did what I suggested: If you copied and pasted to a file, I've made some late changes, so you may want to repeat the process. (sorry) I promise not to change it again, but I will do a final update closer to the event.
Off-topic: Is anyone else having trouble accessing the comments at OZ? I can get the home page, but when I click the comments, I get an error message 'The webpage can't be found'.
A little SLC update: I checked with Anthony about having our meet-up dinner at the Hilton Garden Inn restaurant. He talked with his manager, and it looks like it could be an excellent (not to mention convenient) choice for us, since the vast majority of us are staying there. If no one has strong objections, I'll leave it at that, and tell them to prepare for us. Because Thursday night is
busy for them, it was suggested that those who want to attend pre-order dinner so they can be ready. This will also help me with a firm head count. Stay tuned for details!
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« Reply #311 on Sept 9, 2008, 9:12am » | |
Sept 9, 2008, 3:30am, Lori wrote:
Off-topic: Is anyone else having trouble accessing the comments at OZ? I can get the home page, but when I click the comments, I get an error message 'The webpage can't be found'.
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Yes, I've had trouble for several days. Don't know what happened.
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« Reply #312 on Sept 9, 2008, 9:55am » | |
Southwest Airlines is having another fare sale. Click on your city (OR Seattle OR Salt Lake City) to see the deals:
http://www.southwest.com/hotfares/hotfares_air.html
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« Reply #313 on Sept 9, 2008, 3:24pm » | |
JP Kepka and Anthony Lobello added today to the list of skaters! 
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« Reply #314 on Sept 12, 2008, 1:43am » | |
re: World Cup #2 in Vancouver
see article pasted below
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Thursday » September 11 » 2008
Vancouver's revamped Pacific Coliseum to host first international speed skating competition
Skating squads convene in Vancouver
Jim Jamieson
The Province
Friday, September 12, 2008
It would be hard to find a better sport than speed skating for the first event to be held at a 2010 Olympic Games venue.
At a media conference on Thursday, officials and athletes from the national speed skating and figure skating squads were on hand at the Pacific Coliseum to highlight upcoming training and selection camps at the Renfrew Street venue.
But the first international event will be the short-track Samsung ISU World Cup, Oct. 24-26, for which tickets go on sale Saturday.
The sport will showcase its rollicking, high-tempo style in a 25-country event, the first international speed skating competition hosted in Vancouver.
The venue was showing off its renovations, which included new seating and movable boards that allowed its ice surface to expand to international size (30 by 60 metres).
Former 500-metres champion Francois-Louis Tremblay of Montreal said the ice at the Coliseum was slow in a July training camp, but looks good now.
"They had some trouble with the quickness, but it's been remade now," he said.
"I'm quite excited to see how the arena is going to look for the World Cup. I think it's a great place to have it. I'm sure it's going to be lots of people and it's going to be loud."
The national speed-skating team will conduct trials from Tuesday to Thursday at the Coliseum to determine the makeup of the national team for next month's World Cup event. Six men and six women will be selected to the team.
In World Cup competition, men and women skate three distances: 500, 1,000 and 1,500 metres. There are also relay races over 3,000 metres for women and 5,000 metres for men. The competition lasts three days.
National team program director Yves Hamelin said the sport has raised its profile in the last few Olympics and he expects attendance to be high in a Canadian city.
"We usually have good attendance in Canada with a lot of energy from the crowd," said Hamelin. "People will love it. When you see it on TV it's one thing, but when you're on-site it's completely different. We're hoping for between 3,000 and 4,000 people."
Meanwhile, Skate Canada is holding a high performance camp at the Coliseum, which eventually leads to the ISU Four Continents figure skating championships, Feb. 2-8, 2009.
"It's an opportunity to have a mini-Olympics experience," said Skate Canada CEO William Thompson. "If you aren't able to get into the actual Games it will be one of your few chances to see these world-class athletes. There is every reason to think many of the podium athletes in the Olympics will be there at Four Continents as well."
A sidebar story certain to go on for the next year is who will step into the void left by the sudden retirement this week of Canada's top figure skater, world champion Jeff Buttle.
"There's a lot of depth for our men's figure skaters, so we don't really have to worry, but for me I feel a lot more responsibility than I had without Jeff," said Patrick Chan, 17, of Ottawa, the 2008 Canadian champion. "It's one last stepping stone gone. I'm missing a teammate and a good source of motivation."
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