I wonder if VANOC ever thought of this: why not host the Olympic hockey finals at BC Place instead of GM Place? This is Canada, after all, and Olympic hockey tickets are as hot as, if not hotter than, opening ceremony tickets. Filling the 60,000 seats at BC Place should be easy and make them a fortune. I don't know the details of the opening/closing ceremonies, but we can be fairly certain there is going to be some sort of a temporary ice rink in there anyways for the performances at the ceremonies - so making it work for a game would be easy. The NHL has found great success now with their annual Winter Classic hockey games, so the concept is proven - and in BC Place, players wouldn't have to contend with -18C temps like they did when Edmonton hosted the Heritage Classic in 2003.
Hey VANOC - is it too late to reconsider?
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