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Whistler - The 2010 Winter Games Information Centre in Whistler has welcomed its 20,010th visitor since Canada was awarded the Games on July 2, 2003.
The Centre opened almost two years ago, in January 2002. Since then, more than 72,000 visitors from around the world have stopped by to learn about plans for the 2010 Winter Games.
"This is great news and shows that there's tremendous public interest in the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games," said Ted Nebbeling MLA for West Vancouver-Garibaldi. "The excitement of Canada's 2010 victory on July 2nd continues, even though there are more than 2,200 days until the Opening Ceremonies."
"Whistler is looking forward to staging the Alpine, Sliding, Nordic and all the Paralympic events in 2010," said Mayor Hugh O'Reilly. "We're working closely with all the Organizing Committee partners in this early stage of the Winter Games planning process."
Throughout the Holiday Season, the Whistler 2010 Info Centre will be open 11:00 am to 5:00 pm on the following days:
- Thursday, December 18 to Sunday, December 21, 2003
- Saturday, December 27, 2003
- Sunday, December 28, 2003
- Friday, January 2, 2004
- Saturday, January 3, 2004
- Sunday, January 4, 2004
After the Holiday period, regular hours will resume in January: Thursdays to Mondays, 11 am to 5 pm.
The Whistler 2010 Info Centre is located at 4365 Blackcomb Way, next to the Brew House Pub.
The IOC selected Vancouver as the Host City of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games at its session in Prague on July 2, 2003. The 2010 Olympic Winter Games will be staged in Vancouver and Whistler from February 12 to 28, 2010. Whistler will host the Paralympic Winter Games from March 12 to 21, 2010. The Nominating Entities of the Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee are the Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, the Resort Municipality of Whistler, Canadian Olympic Committee, Canadian Paralympic Committee and the Lil'wat and Squamish First Nations.
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Media Contacts:
Maureen Douglas
Vancouver 2010
Whistler Office
604.932.2010
Sam Corea
Vancouver 2010
Communications
604.806.1019
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