Vancouver 2010 Countdown Clocks Will Keep Time Again at BC Place & Whistler Olympic Park
Olympic countdown clocks being dismantled around mid-October, 2010.
In case you passed by in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery and wondered where the two much-beloved Vancouver 2010 countdown clocks (one for the Olympics and the other for the paralympic Games) had gone, they were being taken down earlier this month (October 12-14). The good news is they will be relocated to BC place and the Whistler Olympic Park sometime in the future.
One of the Omega time-keepers will be reinstated at BC Place where the huge multi-purpose stadium that was the venue of some of the biggest events in Vancouver’s history such as the opening and closing ceremonies of both the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and Expo 86 were held is currently under renovation. When a new retractable roof has been installed and upgrades and improvements completed (which are scheduled for a September 2011 re-opening), the new BC Place will have the countdown clock showing the date and time. However, the one that will be put in place at the Whistler Olympic Park will once again be a countdown clock for future sporting events.
Both clocks will serve as a continual reminder and lasting legacy for many Vancouverites of one of the greatest achievements that the city and perhaps the country has ever done in hosting the wildly-acknowledged most successful Winter Games in Olympic history.
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