Olympic rings to light up airport
By Damian Inwood, The Province
March 4, 2009
Visitors to Vancouver are now being welcomed by a set of
15-metre-tall, illuminated Olympic rings as they leave Vancouver International Airport.
The rings are the first in a series which are being erected by the Ministry of Transportation.
On Thursday at 6 p.m. B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell will officially light the rings, which are
made up of more than 20,000 low-energy LED lights.
According to one Province source,
it will cost $3 per day to power the lights.
A government news release says the rings can be programmed "for stunning light displays."
Two other candidates for sets of rings are believed to be the Burrard Street Bridge and the Lions Gate Bridge and there's been speculation that a giant, illuminated set of rings may be placed on the North Shore mountains.
Colin Hansen, Minister responsible for the 2010 Winter Games confirmed that the
cost of the rings at Vancouver International Airport is $1.3 million.
VANOC's John Furlong has expressed the idea of having a giant set of Olympic rings attached to barges in English Bay, to get ready for that moment. (Olympic rings on the Lions Gate Bridge or on Grouse Mountain seem like a no-brainer, too.)
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Could we PLEASE keep all of this after Olympics? :p
