Olympic Venues During the Vancouver Olympics

During the Games there will be both competition and non-competition venues.
The competition venues are of course locations where the actual sporting competitions venues take place.

The non-competition venues are locations like athlete housing, media centres, storage facilities and parking lots. Some non-competition venues will be off limits to the public, while others you will be able to visit.

Vancouver Olympics Competition and Non-competition Venues

Olympic venues hosting competitions are located in Vancouver, Whistler, Richmond and West Vancouver.

In Vancouver, venues that will be used during the Olympics include Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Olympic Centre/Vancouver Paralympic Centre, Pacific Coliseum and UBC Thunderbird Arena.

During the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, there will also be competitions held in Whistler. These venues include The Whistler Sliding Centre, Whistler Creekside and the Whistler Olympic Park/Whistler Paralympic Park.

Venues in Richmond include the Richmond Olympic Oval and events in West Vancouver will be at Cypress Mountain.

Non-competition venues for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics are located in Vancouver and Whistler. Venues in Vancouver include BC Place, the Main Media Centre and the Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver.

Non-competition sites in Whistler include the Olympic and Paralympic Village Whistler, the Whistler Media Centre and the Whistler Olympic Celebration Plaza.

Olympic Competition Tickets and Schedules

Competition schedules for Olympic events are already in place. Take note though these schedules are subject to change.

It would be a big disappointment for you to plan your vacation around a few specific competitions that you wanted to see, only to find out when you make your trip that the competition schedule was changed.

The best way to prevent this from occurring is to either wait until the Olympic events get closer to make your travel plans, or to simply plan your trip so that you are in Vancouver for the duration of the Olympic games, and enjoy as much of the event as possible.

While the Canadian Olympic Committee did open up ticket purchases for their priority access period for a short time, the option to purchase tickets for Olympic events is now closed temporarily. They will be re-opening tickets for the Vancouver Olympics sometime during mid-2009.

There will be more than 100,000 tickets that will be available for purchase for the discounted rate of $25, while half of all of the game tickets will be priced for purchase at $100 or less.

Once the tickets for the Vancouver Olympics are re-open for sale, you will better be able to plan your trip to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and purchase tickets for the competitions that you most strongly desire to see.