2010 Winter Olympics Venues - Competition Venues

Competition Venues

The largest competition venue was Canada Hockey Place, with a capacity of just under 19,000 spectators. For the first time, Olympic games were played on a narrower NHL-sized ice rink, measuring 61 metres × 26 metres (200 ft × 85 ft), instead of the international size of 61 m × 30 m (200 ft × 98.5 ft). This change saved an expected $10 million (CAD) in construction costs and allowed more spectators to attend games. This arena, as well as the second-largest venue of Vancouver 2010, Pacific Coliseum, were pre-existing and required minimal renovation in preparation for the Olympics. Of the newly constructed venues for the Games, the Whistler Sliding Centre was the largest, with space for 12,000 spectators to observe the luge, skeleton and bobsled events. Three venues used in the Games were outside Vancouver and Whistler: Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, and UBC Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre on the University Endowment Lands.

Venue Location Sports Capacity Ref.
Canada Hockey Place Vancouver Ice hockey (final) 18,630
Cypress Mountain West Vancouver Freestyle skiing, snowboarding 8,000
Pacific Coliseum Vancouver Figure skating, short track speed skating 14,239
Richmond Olympic Oval Richmond Speed skating 8,000
UBC Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre University Endowment Lands (UBC) Ice hockey 7,200
Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre Vancouver Curling 6,000
Whistler Creekside Whistler Alpine skiing 7,600
Whistler Olympic Park Whistler Biathlon, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping 6,000
Whistler Sliding Centre Whistler Bobsleigh, luge, skeleton 12,000

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