News : RCMP Procures Blue Horizon

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have procured the landmark Blue Horizon motel on Robson Street in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic Games.

The Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit made the contract directly with the Blue Horizon Hotel for it's entire 300 units for the games. The contract will commence January 31 through March 2, 2010 with the option to extend if necessary.

The RCMP has not talked publicly about how many beds it will require for the games security but there is no doubt that the task at hand is quite daunting. More than 12,000 security persons will be tasked with the job during the games.

The Security Unit will protect some 5,000 athletes, 10,000 media, 25,000 volunteers, and hundreds of thousands of visitors & spectators.

The total security budget, believed to be under funded, was originally $175M.