2010 Olympic Village

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Vancouver Olympic Village (VOV), is an Olympic Village built for the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics hosted in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A 600,000 sq ft (56,000 m2) village with over 600 units will be able to accommodate over 2,800 athletes, coaches, and officials. The site, a former industrial area which was previously mostly parking lot, is located on the shoreline at the southeast corner of False Creek, north of 2nd Avenue between Quebec and Manitoba Streets. Just south of Science World, its waterfront is part of the False Creek Seawall promenade and bike route, and is adjacent to the stations of the Granville Island Heritage Railway, the Spyglass Place pedestrian ferry wharf (served by Aquabus and False Creek Ferries), the Science World pedestrian ferry wharf (normally served by Aquabus and False Creek Ferries but closed temporarily from January 25, 2010 to March 24, 2010) and the Main Street and Olympic Village SkyTrain stations.... Mehr