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wahyinghung 01-06-2010 01:41 PM

Vancouver unveils $650,000 worth of Olympic banners around city
 
VANCOUVER — The city is spending $650,000 on 6,000 Olympic banners on major streets, bridges and around 2010 venues.

The banners, which cost more than $100 each, went up on Cambie Street Wednesday.

"Half that cost is to produce the banner and about half to install it," said City of Vancouver spokeswoman Lesli Boldt.

"We hope to have them all installed by the end of the week."

The banners, made in Barrie, Ont., will be placed on Cambie and Granville streets from SW Marine Drive to downtown and on Hastings Street from Boundary Road to downtown. They'll also be on the city's False Creek Bridges and around venues.

Boldt said the city hopes to use the banners after the Games as a legacy.

"We converted the previous Olympic banners into bags for schoolkids and put school supplies in them and worked with the Downtown Eastside non-profit to make that happen," she said.

Boldt said the city is spending the money from Vancouver's $20-million Olympic and Paralympic Legacy Reserve Fund, "to create some excitement and make Vancouver look great for the Games."

The city also spent $25,000 putting a four-page newspaper supplement in the Vancouver Sun which Boldt described as "Host City 101."

She said the insert will also be available at community centres and libraries and is a basic guide for residents "on what it means to be a host city, how to get around and different things you can participate in."

The guide includes a Top 10 list of ways to be a good host, including things like offering help to visitors looking at maps and where to send people to get visitor information, police or medical help.

It also urges people to "share your love of the city" and "be patient on public transit," as well as "enjoy yourself."
http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...73/2412915.bin
http://www.theprovince.com/Vancouver...873/story.html

Vale46Rossi 01-06-2010 01:42 PM

what a waste of money.

Greenstoner 01-06-2010 01:48 PM

i dont care how much they spent on Olympic anymore, complaints doesnt get me to anywhere. I'm paying the tax for sure and it is not going to changed.

I just hope we win the Gold medal in men's hockey.

Jsunu 01-06-2010 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by StevenDuang (Post 6757758)
what a waste of money.

This is seriously really nothing compared to the total cost of the olympics (see security).

twitchyzero 01-06-2010 02:05 PM

so each banner costs $100+?
you'd think it'd be like 30-40...50 tops

gars 01-06-2010 02:07 PM

they spend money on banners like these all the time. its just that these are specific to the olympics - but they have ones for different neighborhoods and whatnot...

godwin 01-06-2010 02:07 PM

Read the next line, half is to produce, half is to install.. it is CUPE we are talking about. You don't like it, why don't you take up with the union?

Quote:

Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 6757789)
so each banner costs $100+?
you'd think it'd be like 30-40...50 tops


azzurro32 01-06-2010 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 6757789)
so each banner costs $100+?
you'd think it'd be like 30-40...50 tops

they are. The other half is labour to put them up
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JSALES 01-06-2010 02:09 PM

i think i'll steal one and keep it as a souvenir haha

drunkrussian 01-06-2010 02:11 PM

be patient on public transit? shit it's gonna suck.......

jackmeister 01-06-2010 02:11 PM

at least these look somewhat more visually appealing than the little alien mascots

q0192837465 01-06-2010 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by jackmeister (Post 6757798)
at least these look somewhat more visually appealing than the little alien mascots

Mukmuk is cute

http://vancouverisawesome.com/wp-con.../11/mukmuk.jpg

Why are they made in Ontario? Wouldn't it be cheaper to source locally?

twitchyzero 01-06-2010 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by godwin (Post 6757791)
Read the next line, half is to produce, half is to install.. it is CUPE we are talking about. You don't like it, why don't you take up with the union?

i didn't say i didn't like em..they look visually appealing.

Greenstoner 01-06-2010 02:27 PM

The ultimate mascots


http://www.mbarrick.net/livejournal/...k_pedobear.jpg

Orion 01-06-2010 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 6757789)
so each banner costs $100+?
you'd think it'd be like 30-40...50 tops

they didn't give the business to the asians in richmond that's why...

jtanner_ 01-06-2010 02:41 PM

^ Looks like just about nobody can read either...

Quote:

Originally Posted by wahyinghung (Post 6757754)
"Half that cost is to produce the banner and about half to install it," said City of Vancouver spokeswoman Lesli Boldt.


Amuse 01-06-2010 02:42 PM

Make them in China for $15 each?

AznK 01-06-2010 04:41 PM

Why not purchase the banner locally.. at least give something back to our economy..

1exotic 01-06-2010 05:55 PM

Can't wait for the Olympics to be over so the traffic can die down a little. Traffic makes me rage.

El Bastardo 01-06-2010 06:03 PM

I want to learn how to pickpocket before the Olympic rush on the skytrains

shenmecar 01-06-2010 06:08 PM

Those are some pricey banners.

StaxBundlez 01-06-2010 07:32 PM

i assume that includes the fee of installing them?

misteranswer 01-06-2010 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 6757789)
so each banner costs $100+?
you'd think it'd be like 30-40...50 tops

If they were made in china they would be, and that would probably be all installation cost.

misteranswer 01-06-2010 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StaxBundlez (Post 6758234)
i assume that includes the fee of installing them?

Only because you didn't read anything....at all.

PiuYi 01-06-2010 09:20 PM

Quote:

"Half that cost is to produce the banner and about half to install it," said City of Vancouver spokeswoman Lesli Boldt.
wait wait
so 6000 banners x 100 each = 600 000
that only leaves 50k for installing... i smell some form of bullshit here


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