Party Town Vancouver - LiveCity

Saturday night, the night before the Closing ceremonies, thousands took to the streets to watch fireworks and large outdoor television monitors, listen to loud music, and celebrate. The City of Vancouver, with support from the Government of Canada, hosted two outdoor celebration sites: LiveCity Yaletown and LiveCity Downtown. Canada has won a record number of gold, silver, and bronze medals and their national spirit is soaring. All are dressed in red. Maple leaves are everywhere. All are anticipating the final ice hockey game, which will be between the USA and Canada.

We were encouraged to wear red on Sunday afternoon (in anticipation of Canada winning its national sport). The big game starts at noon. Vancouver's Sunday newspapers were 99% focused on the Vancouver Winter Olympics and the big game. One whole section was devoted to the hockey game. The headline:

ONE GAME. OUR GAME. This is it. Team Canada v. Team USA. The biggest hockey tournament ever. OUR COUNTRY. OUR RINK. OUR GOLD?

Tonight is the Closing Ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. CTV, Canada's Olympic Network, is billing the event as the time to "celebrate 17 days that changed Canada forever". Canadian coverage of the Olympics is so much different than American or California coverage, given all the focus is on Canadian athletes, businesses, volunteers, local stories. Canadian coverage, "Memories of 2010", is available on DVD and Blu-ray at CTVOlympics.ca/store