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2030 B C Olympics wouldn t need government funding: Furlong - Entertainment, Media & Sports

By Jeremy Hainsworth | April 16, 2021, 1:26pm 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games CEO John Furlong says a 2030 games could involve multiple communities without a need for government funding outside security | File photo/Greater Vancouver Board of Trad The head of Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Olympics says planning and hosting a 2030 Games would be a regional event to help lift B.C. from the COVID-19 pandemic doldrums.   And, said John Furlong, such a Games bid would involve multiple communities and need neither new venue construction nor need government funding outside a federal security commitment. “The biggest event in the world needs an owner,” Furlong told the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade (GVBOT) April 16. “I think we qualify.”

Island venues might be in mix for a B C 2030 Winter Olympics bid

The bid tagline is expected to read B.C. 2030. “We have the legacy of the experience our club members gained from 2010,” said Len Apedaile of Black Creek, president of the Strathcona Nordic Club and sport manager for cross-country skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Games, as well as course designer for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. “The terrain is there, the snow is there and the capacity and expertise are there [on Mount Washington]. “We have demonstrated potential on the technical level.” That included the Strathcona club’s Susan Denny as the Olympic supervisor of course marshals in 2010 and Wilf Dreher as supervisor of course marking.

John Furlong pitches a broader B C bid for 2030 Winter Games

Furlong pitches a broader B.C. bid for 2030 Games A 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games that encompasses more of B.C. than the Lower Mainland and a ski resort town will be part of John Furlong s pitch to the Vancouver Board of Trade on Friday. The Canadian Press John Furlong , The Canadian Press CALGARY A 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games that encompasses more of B.C. than the Lower Mainland and a ski resort town will be part of John Furlong s pitch to the Vancouver Board of Trade on Friday. The legacy venues and operational know-how that remain from the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler, B.C., would equip a host organizing committee to extend transformation beyond those hubs into other communities in the province, Furlong told The Canadian Press.

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