Sun Peaks, Hastings Park are some of the new sites proposed for a potential 2030 Winter Games bid.
Agrodome – curling
With the $40-million Hillcrest Centre out of commission — it’s now a popular community centre with a gym, aquatic centre and library — curling would switch to the Agrodome in Hastings Park. The Agrodome, which hosted The Beatles in 1964, usually hosts minor hockey and figure skating events in the winter and other sports events such as tennis, boxing and wrestling, in the summer.Hastings Park, long-time home of Playland and the PNE, is slated to host events and ceremonies as part of the B.C.
The park itself is also slated to host the Paralympics closing ceremonies, the night-time medals plaza, a 2030 Games merchandise superstore and a “cultural village” with family-friendly activities.Destination BC [PNG Merlin Archive]After Cypress Mountain was plagued with mild conditions and lack of snow in 2010, organizers are now proposing to move freestyle skiing and snowboarding competitions to Sun Peaks resort, north of Kamloops, about a four-hour drive from Vancouver.
The feasibility team also considered other sites in Whistler and the Interior but settled on Sun Peaks, which ticked off a whole bunch of boxes including a great field of play, north-facing slope, and availability for early- and late-season training sessions.Article contentMST Lands – athlete’s village
Handout rendering of Jericho Lands. Rendering credit: Hariri Pontarini Architects with Urban Strategies Inc.In 2010, Olympic athletes were housed in shiny new towers in a new development on the south side of False Creek. The project was mired in controversy after the City of Vancouver took on a nearly $700-million debt to ensure the village would be completed on time. Today, the units are occupied as condos and Olympic Village is a thriving community.
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