2010 Vote: Vancouver 56 Pyeongchang 53

[RedFred]

Originally posted by Asher
The oval is on the University of Calgary's campus, and it's almost always packed. I doubt Vancouver would have trouble with people using it, either. Many countries actually train here, because the ice is regarded as the fastest in the world (although I think Salt Lake's was faster now?)

Hard to say. Salt Lake is at a higher altitude which means less air resistance. I believe Calgary has the edge in good ice people and a sounder structure. At least Le May Doan says major structural bolts were still shearing off a few months before the Salt Lake Olympics. Also Calgary gets stranger weather, a big low pressure system more than negates Salt Lake's altitude advantage.

For what it is worth, Le May Doan's fastest ever time in the 500 was recorded in Calgary.

[optimus2861]

What, no dancing yet? Come on, the Olympics are coming to Canada, this is celebration time!

[RedFred]

Celebrate? Fine by me!



The city will also get lots of national and world championships coming here in the run up to the games as the venues need to be tried and proven before 2010. Something like the world figure skating championships alone has an estimated economic benefit of at least $10m.

[Drake Tungsten]

a world-famous university in Kneisiology

Yeah, a world-class Exercise Science department! Awesome!

[Ecthy]

ceeeelebrate good times, come on, dadadadap da, dadap da

[notyoueither]

w00t!

Congratulations Vancouver.

[Ecthy]

there's a party going on right here, a celebration, the best throughout the year

[Asher]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
Yeah, a world-class Exercise Science department! Awesome!

You may laugh, but you probably don't have near good enough marks to get in.

And it's not an "exercise science" department, it's a "study of human motion" faculty.

[Drake Tungsten]

Kinesiology is just a fancy word for exercise science; I should know, since two of my best friends majored in it. We have a pretty good exercise department at Nebraska as well, but nobody brags about it; you have to be a pretty poor university if your P.E. major is your top program.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
Kinesiology is just a fancy word for exercise science; I should know, since two of my best friends majored in it. We have a pretty good exercise department at Nebraska as well, but nobody brags about it; you have to be a pretty poor university if your P.E. major is your top program.

Who said anything about it being the top program?

It seems Nebraska's English program is lacking.

[Drake Tungsten]

I wouldn't know. I hated English class.

[Ecthy]

burn baby burn, disco inferno

[Agathon]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
And thus Agathon's point is proven.

I was just going to say that.

[Asher]

Jealous jealous jealous.

[Zylka]

Congrats, Vancouver. I said they'd win the day they entered - and I'll be back in my city of birth come 2010 to party with y'all!!!