Editing 2010 Winter Olympics (section)

==Bid and preparations==
{{Main|Bids for the 2010 Winter Olympics}}
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|+ 2010 Winter Olympics bidding results
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! rowspan=2 | City
! rowspan=2 | Country
! colspan=2 style="background:silver;"| Round
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! style="background:silver;"| 1
! style="background:silver;"| 2
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|'''[[Vancouver]]'''
|'''{{flag|Canada}}'''
|style="text-align:center;"|40 
|style="text-align:center;"|'''56'''
|-
|[[Pyeongchang]]
|{{flag|South Korea}} 
|style="text-align:center;"|'''51'''
|style="text-align:center;"|53
|-
|[[Salzburg]]
|{{flag|Austria}}
|style="text-align:center;"|16 
|style="text-align:center;"|&ndash;
|}

The concept of a bid by [[Vancouver]] to host the [[Winter Olympic Games]] first appeared at the [[1960 Winter Olympic Games|1960 Games]] in [[Squaw Valley Ski Resort|Squaw Valley]], where the Canadian representative of the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) Sidney Dawes discusses the possibility of hosting a Games in [[British Columbia]] if a venue was found near Vancouver.{{sfn|VANOC|2010a|p=15}} Shortly afterwards, the Garibaldi Olympic Development Association (GODA) was created in order to prepare a bid to host the Winter Games in the region of [[Mount Garibaldi]], near [[Whistler, British Columbia|Whistler]]. In 1961, GODA considered developing a bid for the [[1968 Winter Olympic Games|1968 Winter Games]], but the [[Canadian Olympic Committee]] (COC) preferred the cities of [[Calgary]] and [[Banff, Alberta|Banff]], in [[Alberta]], as the best opportunity for a Canadian bid to succeed.{{sfn|VANOC|2010a|p=15}} Calgary's candidacy ultimately failed, and the 1968 Games were awarded to [[Grenoble]].<ref name="CgyHld19810930">{{cite news|first1= Crosbie|last1= Cotton|title= Canada missed six prior bids|work= [[Calgary Herald]]|date= September 30, 1981|page= A19|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2nNkAAAAIBAJ&pg=3926,6767945|access-date= August 5, 2021|archive-date= August 16, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210816043849/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2nNkAAAAIBAJ&pg=3926%2C6767945|url-status= live}}</ref>

A development program for the Whistler and Mount Garibaldi region was then launched to host the [[1972 Olympic Winter Games|1972 Games]]. It included the development of road infrastructure, electrical network and drinking water, which was still absent in this region.{{sfn|VANOC|2010a|p=16}} But once again, Banff was chosen to represent Canada as the potential host city for the 1972 Games, which were eventually awarded to [[Sapporo]], [[Japan]].<ref name ="CgyHld19810930"/> In 1968, the GODA was finally chosen by the Canadian Olympic Committee with the aim of making a joint candidacy with the city of [[Vancouver]] for the organization of the [[1976 Winter Olympics]]. However, the chances of Vancouver's candidacy dwindled when [[Montreal]] was selected to host the [[1976 Summer Olympics]], and the Vancouver-Garibaldi candidacy was thus eliminated in the first round of voting.{{sfn|VANOC|2010a|p=16}}<!--{{sfn|Monnin|2013|p = 214}}--> [[Vancouver]] was again a candidate for the [[1980 Olympic Winter Games|1980 Games]], but withdrew at the last moment.<!--{{sfn|Monnin|2013|p = 100}}-->{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} For the [[1988 Winter Olympics]], [[Calgary]] was chosen as the preferred site for the Canadian bid,<ref>{{cite news|title= Vancouver loses to 'big ticket Games'|work= [[Vancouver Sun]]|date= October 29, 1979|page= F7|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cLdlAAAAIBAJ&pg=1218%2C3630583|access-date= August 5, 2021|archive-date= August 5, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210805230824/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cLdlAAAAIBAJ&pg=1218,3630583|url-status= live}}</ref> and would go on to win the election and thus become the first Canadian city to host the Winter Olympics.

For the 2010 Games, the Canadian Olympic Association chose Vancouver as the Canadian candidate city over Calgary, which sought to re-host the Games, and [[Quebec City]], which had lost the 2002 Olympic bid in 1995. On the first round of voting on November 21, 1998, Vancouver-Whistler had 26 votes, Quebec City had 25 and Calgary had 21. On December 3, 1998, the second and final round of voting occurred between the two leading contenders, which saw Vancouver win with 40 votes compared to Quebec City's 32 votes. Vancouver had also bid for the [[Bids for the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]] games, which were first awarded to Denver, then to Innsbruck and the [[1980 Winter Olympics|1980]] games, which were awarded to Lake Placid.

After the [[2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal|bribery scandal]] over the candidacy of the [[Salt Lake City]] bid for the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] (which resulted in Quebec City asking for compensation (C$8 million) for its unsuccessful bid),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canoe.ca/SlamOlympicScandalArchive/mar23_ioc.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801201731/http://www.canoe.ca/SlamOlympicScandalArchive/mar23_ioc.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 1, 2012|title=IOC rejects Quebec City request|date=March 23, 1999|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer|Slam! Olympics]]|access-date=January 7, 2009}}</ref> many of the rules of the bidding process were changed in 1999. The [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) created the Evaluation Commission, which was appointed on October 24, 2002. Prior to the bidding for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], host cities would often fly members of the IOC to their city where they toured the city and were provided with gifts. The lack of oversight and transparency often led to allegations of money for votes. Afterward, changes brought forth by the IOC bidding rules were tightened, and more focused on technical aspects of candidate cities. The team analyzed the candidate city features and provided its input back to the IOC.

Vancouver won the bid to host the Olympics by a vote of the International Olympic Committee on July 2, 2003, at the 115th IOC Session held in [[Prague]], Czech Republic. The result was announced by IOC President [[Jacques Rogge]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sport/newsid_3039000/3039690.stm|title=Vancouver to host 2010 Winter Olympics|publisher=[[BBC|CBBC Newsround]]|date=July 2, 2003|access-date=January 7, 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090131105840/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sport/newsid_3039000/3039690.stm|archive-date=January 31, 2009|url-status= live}}</ref> Vancouver faced two other finalists shortlisted that same February: [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]], South Korea, and [[Salzburg]], Austria. Pyeongchang, which later won the rights of hosting both [[2018 Winter Olympics]] and [[2024 Winter Youth Olympics]] (as a part of the [[Gangwon Province (South Korea)|Gangwon Province]]) had the most votes of the three cities in the first round of voting, in which Salzburg was eliminated. In the run-off, all but two of the members who had voted for Salzburg voted for Vancouver. It was the closest vote by the IOC since Sydney, Australia beat Beijing for the 2000 Summer Olympics by two votes. Vancouver's victory came almost two years after Toronto's [[Bids for the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Summer Olympic bid]] was defeated by Beijing in a landslide vote.

The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) spent C$16.6 million on upgrading facilities at [[Cypress Mountain]], which hosted the freestyle (aerials, moguls, ski cross) and snowboarding events. With the opening in February 2009 of the C$40&nbsp;million [[Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre]] at [[Hillcrest Park]], which hosted curling, every sports venue for the 2010 Games was completed on time and at least one year prior to the Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crsportsnews.com/?id=785988&keys=Olympics-Venue-Vancouver-Paralympic|title=New Vancouver 2010 Sports Venues Completed|publisher=Crsportsnews.com|date=February 24, 2009|access-date=January 10, 2010|archive-date=July 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708205303/http://www.crsportsnews.com/?id=785988&keys=Olympics-Venue-Vancouver-Paralympic|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/vancouver-2010-sport-venues-completed-on-time-and-within-$580-million-budget.-vancouver-olympic-paralympic-centre-opens-today-as-a-model-of-sustainable-building-_63896GI.html|title=Vancouver 2010 sport venues completed on time and within C$580-million budget. Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre opens today as a model of sustainable building – News Releases : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics|publisher=Vancouver2010.com|date=February 19, 2009|access-date=January 10, 2010|archive-date=April 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409031440/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/vancouver-2010-sport-venues-completed-on-time-and-within-$580-million-budget.-vancouver-olympic-paralympic-centre-opens-today-as-a-model-of-sustainable-building-_63896GI.html|url-status=live }}</ref>