Wide World of Sports Venues-February 27

General Motors Place

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Was named Canada Hockey Place during the Olympics because corporate sponsor names are not allowed.

Opened: September 21, 1995
Construction Cost: $160 Million (Canadian Currency)
Capacity: Ice Hockey-18,810 Basketball-19,700 Concert-19,000
Home Teams: Vancouver Canucks (NHL) 1995-Present, Vancouver Grizzlies, now Memphis Grizzlies, (NBA) 1995-2001, Vancouver Ravens (NLL) 2001-2004, Vancouver Voodoo (RHI) 1996, 2010 Winter Olympics (Ice Hockey Venue)
Events Attended: None

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Tim's Two Cents-February 12

The Torch is Lit on Vancouver Olympics.  The time has come for the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. 

I know I should probably be excited about it, but I'm not.  Many of the events are not that appealing to me.  There is the skiing and snowboarding to go along with hockey.  Other than that, there's not much else I'm dying to see.

Over the next two weeks, I'll be more focused on NBA action after the All Star break as we get closer to the playoffs. 

The Olympics also have the setback of being taped delayed for primetime viewing the last few years.  Even these Olympics will be tape delayed here on the West Coast.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but the last time I checked Vancouver is located on the West Coast in the Pacific Time Zone.  Way to go NBC!  If you want to know the results as they happen, you're better off tuning into the ESPN family of networks.

Wide World of Sports Venues-February 12

Air Canada Centre

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Opened: February 19, 1999
Construction Cost: $265 Million (Canadian currency)
Capacity: Basketball-19,800 Ice Hockey-18,800 Lacrosse-18,800 Concerts-19,800 Theatre-5,200 Wrestling-16,105
Home Teams: Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) 1999-Present, Toronto Raptors (NBA) 1999-Present, Toronto Rock (NLL) 2001-Present, Toronto Phantoms (AFL) 2001-2002
Events Attended: We passed by it on those Canadian freeways with no exits while on vacation around 2001.