Road To The Olympic Games · John Furlong presents 2030 Winter Games vision to Vancouver Board of Trade.RoadToTheOlympicGamesOlympicsJohnFurlongpresents2030WinterGamesvisiontoVancouverBoardofTradeJohnFurlong,PresidentandCEOoftheorganizingcommitteeforthe2010WinterOlympicandParalympicGamesinVancouverandWhistler,B.C.,gavehisvisionforpursuinganotherWinterGamestwodecadeslater.SocialSharingVancover,Whistlerremainamonghostsitesin2030visionTheCanadianPress·Posted:Apr16,20215:45PMET|LastUpdated:April16JohnFurlong,PresidentandCEOoftheorganizingcommitteeforthe2010WinterOlympicandParalympicGamesinVancouverandWhistler,B.C.,wantstopursueanotherWinterGamestwodecadeslater.(BenNelms/CBC)commentsEconomicrecoveryfromthepandemic,atransformationallegacythatextendsintotheprovinceandacheaperprivately-fundedWinterGameswereelementsofJohnFurlong's"B.C.2030"presentationtotheVancouverBoardofTradeonFriday.Thepresidentandchiefexecutiveofficeroftheorganizingcommitteeforthe2010WinterOlympicandParalympicGamesinVancouverandWhistler,B.C.,offeredhisvisionforpursuinganotherWinterGamestwodecadeslater.Theheavy-liftingdonefor2010andthebig-projectexpertiseitbestowedshouldsavemoneyincertainareas,andfreeupresourcestoextendtheimpactofaWinterGamesintotheprovince,hesaid.TheCanadianPressobtainedacopyofFurlong'sspeechtotheVBT.VancouverOlympicsorganizerpitchesbroaderB.C.bidfor2030WinterGamesCuttingandpasting2010intoa2030proposalwasconsidered,butthatoptionwasn'tcompelling,Furlongsaid."Cost,structureandscope—allverydifferent,"Furlongsaid."Thecompactplanof2010abandonedandreplacedbyaregional,moreinclusiveplan,thatfocusesondeliveringaprovince-wideexperienceandadvantage."FromthreeB.C.communities,aswasthecasein2010,toasmanyaseightornineprovidedminimumvenueandhostingrequirementscanbeachieved."Gameswouldbefunded'entirely'byprivatesectorVancouverandWhistlerwouldremainamonghostsitesbecauseof2010sportvenuesstilloperational,suchasthespeedskatingovalinRichmond,andtheslidingtrackandskijumpsinWhistler."Therewillbenotaxpayermoneyre