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Hugely popular BC Street at the Richmond O Zone drew crowds and media at Games.
Tourism Minister Kevin Krueger pays a visit to BC Street during the 2010 Winter Games. The success of BC Street, an interactive pavilion at the Richmond O-Zone, yielded important media coverage and introduced thousands of potential visitors to the best of B.C. from regions such as the Kootenays, Cariboo, Okanagan and Vancouver, Coast and Mountains and from towns like Sooke, Tofino and Comox on Vancouver Island.
Quick Facts about the 2010 Winter Games:
17 days of Olympic Games events: February 12 – 28, 2010
10 days of Paralympic Games events: March 12 – 21, 2010
Number of Olympic athletes and officials: 5,500 (projected)
Number of Paralympic athletes and officials: 1,350 (projected)
Number of media: 15,000
Estimated worldwide television audience: 3 billion
Number of event tickets: 1.8 million
Number of volunteers: 25,000
Number of countries participating in Olympics: 80 +
Number of countries participating in Paralympics: 40 +
Number of kilometre covered by Olympic Torch Relay: 25,000
Number of torch bearers: 12,000