Editing 2010 Winter Olympics (section)

==Venues==
[[File:Olympic sites map 2010.jpg|thumb|Olympic sites map]]
[[File:Richmond Olympic Oval front view.jpg|thumb|right|[[Richmond Olympic Oval]]: speed skating long track venue]]
{{Main|Venues of the 2010 Winter Olympics}}
Some venues, including the [[Richmond Olympic Oval]], were at sea level, a rarity for the Winter Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tstsy.com/2010/06/20/winter-olympics-vancouver/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717110537/http://www.tstsy.com/2010/06/20/winter-olympics-vancouver/|archive-date=2011-07-17|title=Winter Olympics Vancouver &#124; Travel and Tourism|publisher=Tstsy.com|year=2010|access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref> The 2010 Games were also the first—Winter or Summer—to have had an Opening Ceremony held indoors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123635348|title=Vancouver Olympics Open With Indoor Ceremonies|publisher=NPR|date=February 12, 2010|access-date=July 1, 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100811182957/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123635348|archive-date=August 11, 2010|url-status= live}}</ref> Greater Vancouver was the most populous metropolitan area ever to hold the Winter Games.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mackin|first=Bob|title=Vancouver to reduce downtown traffic|url=http://www.torontosun.com/sports/vancouver2010/news/2010/02/10/12830166-qmi.html|newspaper=Toronto Sun|agency=QMI|date=February 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606094322/http://www.torontosun.com/sports/vancouver2010/news/2010/02/10/12830166-qmi.html|archive-date=June 6, 2011|access-date=February 24, 2010|url-status=live|df=mdy }}</ref> In February, the month when the Games were held, Vancouver has an average temperature of {{convert|4.8|°C}}.<ref>{{cite news|title=Winter Olympics all wet?: Vancouver has the mildest climate of any Winter Games host city|work=Vancouver Sun|date=July 9, 2003}}</ref> The average temperature as measured at [[Vancouver International Airport]] was {{convert|7.1|C}} for the month of February 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climateData/dailydata_e.html?timeframe=2&Prov=XX&StationID=889&Year=2010&Month=2&Day=13|title=Daily Data Report for February 2010|work=National Climate Data and Information Archive|publisher=[[Environment Canada]]|access-date=January 25, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727224941/http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climateData/dailydata_e.html?timeframe=2&Prov=XX&StationID=889&Year=2010&Month=2&Day=13|archive-date=July 27, 2011|df=mdy-all }}</ref>

The opening and closing ceremonies were held at [[BC Place|BC Place Stadium]], which received over C$150&nbsp;million in major renovations. Competition venues in Greater Vancouver included the [[Pacific Coliseum]], the [[Hillcrest Centre|Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre]], the [[UBC Winter Sports Centre]], the [[Richmond Olympic Oval]] and [[Cypress Mountain]]. GM Place, now known as [[Rogers Arena]], played host to [[ice hockey]] events, being renamed ''Canada Hockey Place'' for the duration of the Games since corporate sponsorship is not allowed for an Olympic venue.<ref name="chp"/> Renovations included the removal of advertising from the ice surface and conversion of some seating to accommodate the media.<ref name="chp">{{cite web|url=https://bc.ctvnews.ca/gm-place-to-get-new-name-for-2010-1.313876|title=GM Place to get new name for 2010|publisher=[[CTV News]]|year=2008|access-date=January 7, 2009|archive-date=February 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213114606/http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/plocal/CTVNews/20080806/BC_GM_place_new_name_080806/20080806/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2010 Winter Olympics marked the first time an Olympic hockey game was played on a rink sized according to NHL rules instead of [[International Ice Hockey Federation|international]] specifications. Competition venues in Whistler included Whistler Creekside at the [[Whistler Blackcomb]] ski resort, the [[Whistler Olympic Park]], the Whistler Celebration Plaza and the [[Whistler Sliding Centre]].

The 2010 Winter Games marked the first time that the energy consumption of the Olympic venues was tracked in real time and made available to the public. Energy data was collected from the metering and building automation systems of nine of the Olympic venues and was displayed online through the Venue Energy Tracker project.<ref>{{cite news|title=Measuring the Power of Sport|publisher=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/measuring-the-power-of-sport-one-venue-at-a-time/article1455631/|access-date=February 4, 2010|location=Toronto|archive-date=October 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026054654/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/measuring-the-power-of-sport-one-venue-at-a-time/article1455631/|url-status=live}}</ref>