Olympic Flame will be lit Tomorrow!

On Thursday, October 22, 2009 the Olympic Flame will be lit marking the start of the final countdown to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

Over the next week or so the flame will make it's way to the start of the 45,000km torch relay race that you will be able to follow at home, in real-time, from October 30, 2009 through to February 12, 2010 when the torch will arrive back in Vancouver for the Vancouver 2010 Opening Ceremonies at BC Place Stadium.

Photo from VancouverSun.com, taken during rehearsals in Greece.

To follow all the details of the 2010 Torch Relay visit the interactive map on Vancouver2010.com.

Vancouver 2010 has also launched other features of their new, game-time website that will host everything you need to know in 2010 including schedule details, sport results, and more.

New 2010 Website Officially Up and Running

As referenced yesterday in this post the Vancouver 2010 website has officially been re-launched. Check it out here.

Re-Launch of Vancouver2010.com

Today marks the re-launch of the Vancouver2010.com website.

In conjunction with a strong public relations campaign aimed at educating the public about ticket purchasing for the games VANOC is re-launching it's website.

Check it out here.

NOTE: As of 10AM PST it has not yet been updated. Looks like they're behind schedule.

Check out our FREE Rental Forum in the meantime and list your haves or wants.

UPDATE: The press release is now out although I'm not yet seeing much change in the site other than the countdown photo being updated.

UPDATE2: As of 10:30PM the existing Vancouver 2010 website has been taken down with a temporary placeholder put up instead. Stay tuned for more details...

UPDATE3: As of 6AM on Sept 18, 2008 the new site has been uploaded. Looks great. Check it out here.