The Ringmasters

Image by: Ryan Heshka

The torch relay that will bring the Olympic flame to BC Place Stadium on Feb. 12, 2010, begins later this month in Greece, marking the official countdown to the 2010 Games. With four months to go, things are in good shape: the venues are done, the plans are in place and the people are moving. And yet the sheer magnitude of the task at hand is easy 
to overlook.

Behind the scenes at VANOC 
and its many partners are people doing quite simply what has never been done before in B.C. Fifty thousand workers, more than 100,000 spectators per day and hundreds 
of millions of dollars 
changing hands. It’s B.C.’s 
biggest event ever – and 
this is how it’s being done.

Part One: Olympic Transportation

Fitting thousands more travelers onto our already-strained roads will be one of the biggest challengers for organizers of the upcoming Games.

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Part Two: Hiring the Chosen Many

You think your company's got HR challenges? Try VANOC, which will have gone from zero to 50,000 and back to zero employees by the end of the Olympics roller coaster.

Part Three: The Games' Golden Retail Chances

While many fret over what the Games will ultimately cost, others are crunching the numbers to figure out how they'll make a buck from the circus.

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