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Ian Dalton. Olympic venues. Canada Hockey Place. The ice hockey event occurs here It was originally called General Motors Place but changed because of different sponsors during the Olympics The ice rink is 85ft wide unlike the international standard of 100ft - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
OLYMPIC VENUES
Ian Dalton
Canada Hockey Place The ice hockey event occurs here It was originally called General Motors Place but
changed because of different sponsors during the Olympics
The ice rink is 85ft wide unlike theinternational standard of 100ft
It is the first time the Olympic tournaments will be played on a narrow rink
UBC Thunderbird Arena The ice hockey event occurs here also It is also known as Doug Mitchell Thunderbird
Sports Center This is where Canada’s National Hockey Program
was born in 1963 when Bob Hindmarch and Rev. Father David Bauer established Canada’s first national hockey team in preparation of the 1964 Olympic winter games in Austria
According to the chief ice maker the best ice thickness is about 2.5cm with ideal air temp between 15°C-17°C and a humidity of 40-44%
Vancouver Olympic Center It is located in Vancouver community close to Queen Elizabeth
Park The curling event occurs here It has a very highly efficient HVAC system to create ideal curling
ice There are 2 specialized technicians from the World Curling
Federation to oversee ice management along with 15 volunteer ice makers
Also it uses a state of the art ice-quality monitoring system called Eye which uses tiny devices that are everywhere record data and send it to the central computer where the ice technicians make any changes if need be
Also all other venues that use ice have Eye and this venue once the Olympics are over will be turned into a recreational facility for the curling club
Works Cited http://www.vancouver2010.com/canada-hockey-place/ http://2010games.nytimes.com/venues/canada-hockey
-place.html
http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-spectator-guide/venues/ubc-thunderbird-arena/sustainability---legacy/
http://www.vancouver2010.com/img/00/11/57/canada-hockey-place---winter_36imgGalBig-pl.jpg
http://www.vancouver2010.com/img/00/11/59/ubc-thunderbird-arena---aerial_38imgGalBig-Zq.jpg
http://www.vancouver2010.com/vancouver-olympic-centre/
http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-spectator-guide/venues/vancouver-olympic-centre/sustainability---legacy/