Facilities and Services at 2010 Winter Games – an Overview
Vancouver is getting ready to welcome visitors to the 2010 Winter Olympics in grand style. In order to enable visitors enjoy the Olympic Games better, a number of facilities and services at 2010 Winter Games have been arranged. Since the government and the Olympic organizing committee are expecting a good turn up of spectators for the 2010 Winter Games, they have geared up to provide high quality facilities and services at the 2010 Winter Games.
Amenities
The facilities and services at 2010 Winter Games starts with a few basic, yet important and useful amenities at the sporting venues for spectators which include spectator medical area, public information booths, lost and found service etc. There will be special smoking zones for the spectators and smoking in any other place will be discouraged.
Food and Beverage
Food and beverage will be available in abundance at the games venues. Spectators will have a wide range of options to choose from while selecting their food, which include a variety of hot and cold food and beverages. Liquor will only be available to those who are of 19 years and above. Though, there will be some designated areas to consume liquor.
Accommodation
It is expected that there will a huge demand for accommodation during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. There are a number of hotels in Vancouver and these hotels will cater to the needs of accommodation for the huge number of spectators during the games. The booking of hotels for 2010 Winter Games has started already, many of which are full by now. The hotels in Vancouver follow the standards set by the Hotel and Travel Index and by the Canadian National Tourist Board.
Transportation
During the 2010 Winter Games, additional ground transportation services will be provided for Vancouver and Whistler. The ground transportation in Vancouver during the games would be dominated by Vancouver Transit System, TransLink, covering 1800 sq km of the greater mainland of Vancouver. Besides Translink, the other popular city buses are SeaBus and SkyTrain, which are also expected to draw a good number of visitors to the 2010 Winter Games spectators.
Merchandise
Spectators can buy a range of sport-specific items from the merchandise kiosks that will be located in different places of the games venues. Venue maps will mark the position of the merchandise kiosks.
DROP Stations
DROP Stations (Diverting Recyclables at the Olympic and Paralympic Games) will be among some of the useful facilities and services at 2010 Winter Games. Vancouver 2010 Winter Games will give a lot of importance to waste separation and recycling. DROP Stations will be the places for disposing the waste and spectators will have a major role to play in its success.
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