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Article: City hands over athlete's village to Olympics
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- November 5, 2009
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With 100 days to the opening of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, the athletes village was handed over to the Games organizers Wednesday.
The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Winter Games now begins preparing the 1,100-unit village to house 3,000 athletes.
The eight-acre site has waterfront views of the two stadiums that will host the opening ceremonies and hockey events. Beyond are the snowcapped mountains of Canada's pacific coast.
The steel, concrete and glass buildings surround a central courtyard open to Vancouver's picturesque waterfront.
Vancouver Olympic CEO John Furlong said the location of the village, with its views of water, mountains and ...