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Edit:OK, I’m feeling a lot better about women’s snowboard cross now!!! Let’s hope for 25 medals.

See, I’ve only just turned 14 in September, and when I attempt to ask teachers they say, "The Olympics are great! Be proud of the Olympics! Be a proud Canadian!"

But I’d like some honest answers that I would understand.

Thank you :].

Vanoc has already been assured (by the IOC) at least breaking even for the games budget. That’s one big risk factor taken out since the governement was required to cover any losses from actually operating the games. The immense amounts of money spent are talking about mainly infrastructure costs. Depending on your opinion, those should have been done anyways. Such as the upgrades to the Sea to Sky highway which gets a lot of traffic and has a lot of accidents. The upgrade was needed anyways, but that $600 million is counted by some as an expense related to the games. Same for the Canada Line for the Skytrain. A similar amount was spent on that. We had no good way to get from the airport to downtown so it was needed, but many have considered it a games related expense. Same again for the close to $1 Billion convention center upgrade that may or may not have happened if not for the Olympics. Lastly is the Olympic village. The city has a huge amount that it spent on the village. It’s yet to be seen how much of that they can recoup when they sell off the units there but speculation at this point is that they will lose money.

Hopefully the above shows that losing money on the Olympics is not a straight forward question. Two completely honest people will give opposite answers just based on their opinion of what is an "Olympic Expense" and what was needed regardless of the Olympics. My opinion is that these projects were all long overdue and so if it took an Olympics to get them done – great!

As for the economic benefit, the predictions vary widely but it will be very substantial. A lot of entra money will be coming in over the years due to the new infrastructure and the new exposure that the Olympics brings. Definitely in the hundreds of millions over time.

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For instance, just a simple check on my official distributor’s website showed Snowboarding tickets as still available. Prices for one Snowboarding event ticket, a ticket to another event of your choice, admission to the Victory Ceremony and a Hospitality Pass ranged anywhere between $1202-$1523. Check your official distributor, as listed on the Vancouver website, and see what you can find.

Do u havre to pay for each game/match you see?

There won’t be much games or matches as Winter Olympics consists mostly of sports where individual performance decides about the medals. The only team sport is ice hockey.
Here you have detailed information about the tickets – prices and availability – http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/ticketing-information/olympic-ticket-prices/ticket-prices-by-sport/-/53860/x1vkh8/index.html

In ice hockey you have prices varied from $25 for women’s preliminaries and playoffs to $775 for men’s final.

How much will it cost? Is it one day or more? Is it in one place or in different places? What else should I know about 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics?

The Olympics here in Vancouver will be very beautiful. We have an amazing city to begin with, and the extra work going into the tourism trade for those weeks will make for an amazing event.

That being said, it will be VERY expensive. The hotels here in the downtown core are generally $100 or more per night already, and will be more expensive for the olympics. However, apparently there is a reduction in the price of staying in a cruise ship hotel.

The events are taking place in Vancouver, Richmond and Whistler and could be in other places as well. If you are looking for a specific event, check out www.vancouver2010.com.

And the Olympics are massive and last for almost two weeks. Your best bet is to do some research so you are not overwhelmed.