through the eyes of the a70

There has been lots of talk around the visibility of the Olympic Cauldron after the Great One lit it up beside the Convention Centre last Friday after the Olympic Opening Ceremonies.

Personally I think that there is a need for it to be protected. So why hasn’t it ever been a hot topic at previous Olympic games? It’s because BC Place is the first time an opening ceremonies has taken place indoors. Before, they’ve probably designed for the cauldron to sit safely on top of the stadium where it is visible from everywhere, and this is the first time it’s sitting right on ground level (I think). Imagine all the things that could take place if they didn’t control how close you could get to it! I could already see it – protesters might throw rocks at it, some others might graffiti on it, and there are others that just like to climb.

Still, I think they should’ve redesigned the perimeter to be some kind of low-obstruction. The construction fence is way too ugly, and the improvements to leave a 10cm gap in the fence is kind of laughable… considering I could barely fit my camera through that gap, and it’s built for giants.

Anyways, 7 days into the games, and Canada’s sitting 4th on the medals table, with 4 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze!

Now that the cat’s out the bag, I’m able to post this :-) This is BC Place, as designed for the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games! Welcome world to Vancouver!

I’m sure everyone found the ceremony amazing at one point or another during the night, lots of amazing effects! Looking forward to the next two weeks!