Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony BC Place fireworks

[yohiyoyo1]

imagine how it would look if the new roof was on it then

[P3RSIANpinoy]

it would have been funny had the fabric caught on fire LOL

[TheGamerSpeaks]

baammm 200 million of taxpayers money

[woodmanship]

どらむふぇらの穴みたいなてら　のさうるす　の　あいだ　の　ぶろっこりー　みたく花火きれいだね！おばぁちゃん！笑うしかない。みんなのた­めだからね！

[Herb615]

Best Olympics ever!!!

[SixStringManiac11]

i love canada

[JordanStaalxlover11]

mmm. Makes me damn proud to be from Vancouver

such a beautiful city

[dylanSAURIOL55]

@StrawberryAndSalmon And no body likes America nuff said.

[MrOseir]

the spherical shape is the science world.. a science museum for kids

[SuperDrummer4]

thats cool

[comicozy87]

Science World

[lgmau1]

were the fireworks around the cauldron broadcast on TV that night? They were much longer and pretty awesome.

[vancouver1907]

Burned in my memory. But I walked in the area today.

This POST OLYMPIC era feels strange. Places that were closed at the time you filmed that are opening up, but the memory of those places being closed, and when they were opened previously are still fresh in my mind.

[tulipsteach]

Some people care....like the fact that the First Nations were recognized, and without them, many of us wouldn't be here. Ever think about that?? They WERE here first, and no one seems to comment on that!! Ignormae that you are!!

[tulipsteach]

What is wrong with you people? Seriously???

[Yommt83]

I thought that was the shortest and lamest opening ceremony fireworks since before 1994...

[team1200]

What do you expect? Its suppose to be short , to symbolize the start of the games, not some long drag fest that drags on for an hour, people dont care about long fireworks. During the ending ceromonies in Richmond Olympic Oval they has 10 minute fireworks, so watch the video, dont be sore that Canada got the Olympics and Norway didnt.

[babunski]

recession

[princessktrina]

@Yommt83 well, the thing was the opening ceremony was in a closed area. i mean, atleast there was fireworks. and people would be watching the opening ceremony anyways and wouldnt be looking outside to look at the fireworks. i mean, the audience inside the BC place wont even see the fireworks.

[cheezycam]

I'm more retarded than both of you weak-kneed little girls put together. Go eat some crayons and glue and then we'll talk. Dormfs.

[beet111]

i love reading youtube comment fights

[TheGreyCrusade]

Me too.

[zer0m3chanism]

@saprissa9: wow, it's funny how you find humour in bigotry yet want to see "more variety" (in minority representation?)

Hello, it;s the OLYMPICS. Multinational representation from all over the world. And Canada is Constitutionally deemed multicultural - we have codified rights for all citizens, recognizing their cultural traits and customs. what effin country do you even come from

[saprissa9]

(olympics committee having a brainstorm)

Olympics president says: How can we have an olympics without niggers, beaners, fish heads and rag heads?

Olympics worker says: easy sir, lets create a winter olympics... we will never see minorities.

lol thats the same reason i dont watch winter olympics...NO VARIETY!

[DracodaTRN]

Wow, your an idiot.

[utubealeana]

ASSHOLE U'RE JUST JEALOUS :p

[potanamu1]

Vancouver is so beautiful!!!

[650038haig]

l i leave on the island and i sew it across the water

[ishine2098]

I want to see the real opening cermony in Vancouver cause i was about to go to real vancouver and see all of the sports and i was going to stay at a hotel and come to every event but all the tickets were out we litraly packes and i held the olympic torch cause my friends dad held the olympic torch in Milton and he brang it to our class and he gave each of us a chance to hold it so it was amazing

[DracodaTRN]

I got one word for you....punctuation

[ishine2098]

got 1 word for u... none of ur bussines

[DracodaTRN]

@ishine2098 You post in a public forum and i should mind my own business? Ok then i guess it's none of my business that you can't spell and your grammar is severely lacking also.

[ishine2098]

DracodaTRN it's not a big deal about the grammer and FYI that was my little sister who wrote the big paragraph. So leave me alone!

[DracodaTRN]

That's easy, stop contacting me, and I won't feel obligated to reply...leave it alone and i go away.

[ishine2098]

why don't u stop contacting me?

ur the one who started with ur rude comment.

[DracodaTRN]

That's fine dude, we can keep this going. Although i don't usually care to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. But if you must persist at sending me replies, i will be happy to reply back.

[ishine2098]

um... newsflash...this is not world war 3. just don't reply back and LEAVE ME ALONE!!!

[DracodaTRN]

THAT'S WHAT I'M TELLING YOU RETARD, STOP REPLYING AND I WILL LEAVE YOU ALONE. but chances are you will reply again because your stupid, and i will reply back to you again.

[ishine2098]

um... gues what... UR THE RETARD!!! if ur so annoyed of me replying then maybe u should use ur brain and YOU stop replying. im sure u will reply again cause ur the one who is stupid. if u were smart(which ur totally NOT) then u wouldn't reply and i really don't even care what u call me next cause ur sooooo WORTHLESS!!!

[beet111]

how about you 2 shut the fuck up and stop fighting about shit that no one cares about

[namm3rboi]

when you look at the opening ceremony fireworks at Beijing compared with this.... this is just awful...

they spent 8 billion dollars on the Olympics... at least give it a good fireworks show.

[DracodaTRN]

Beijing was the main olympics, this is the winter olympics, plus China is a communist country, which everyone knows makes the government rich and the populace poor. Not only that imagine what the punishment is for not performing perfectly in their opening ceremony.

[robertjago]

@namm3rboi Yeah I have punk. I go by that corner every day on my walk home from work. Are you saying that poor people make this city ugly? Because I've known people from there, and they're totally as in to this city and what it stands for as any person from the west side, north shore, west end, or suburbs.

[utubealeana]

LOL why don't u show ur city to us and let;s see what u've got asshole

[DracodaTRN]

@namm3rboi why you telling the shit your saying to me as if i said anything to you, or even spoke to the subject in which your are speaking. I don't need to here you cry about how bad things are for you in canada.

[ishine2098]

u don't have to be so mean about everythng.

[DracodaTRN]

We all have our pet peeves, mine is run on sentences.

[ishine2098]

well... too bad for u

[Rozecki15]

@namm3rboi its funny how u think you know everything that goes around in Vancouver. I LIVE IN VANCOUVER! since your talking shit about where i live and MANY OTHERS, why don't you tell everyone where your from...........like anyone cares though.

[namm3rboi]

I'm FROM Vancouver smart ass.

How the fuck do you think I know so much, open your fucking eyes.

[meterman1961]

@namm3rboi lmao

[vdublu909]

@DracodaTRN Also, the media in Beijing was under strict rules that any glitches or mistakes were NOT to be made public. They went to a lot of trouble in keeping everything looking flawless.

[DracodaTRN]

You can only do that in a communist country like that. In a democratic situation like our countries where you have freedom of press, they look for goof ups to exploit, lol. we all love to see goof ups.

[xXxtrippplexXx]

best winter olympic host's ever!

[josny1]

Too bad no one the satdium saw them live as it had a roof.

[mapleleafsforever]

Luckily the BC Place roof didn't catch on fire :p

To the Beijing Olympics supporters -those were REAL fireworks not CGI !

[chipayten]

That roof should of been replaced last year so Gretzky could of had the honor of lighting a true olympic torch standing tall from BC place, and not having to be carted across town for a dingy little torch lighting on a dock.

[wasy69er]

What could be more Canadian than riding on the back of a pickup truck to light the torch? I liked it.

[atomicfriendo]

It would have been even more Canadian if The Great One cracked open a beer...mmmmm beeeer

[albertanjake]

The spherical shape to the left is Science World...

[OlderG0ds]

cool beans

does anyone know what the spherical shape building thing in the left is?

[mediamon]

Like albertanjake said, normally, the geodesic dome is Science World - a fun place for kids. During the Olympics, it's turned into the Russian Pavilian, aka Russky House.

[yumyumchop]

@mediamon yesss its science world...ahhh i love my city..vancity

[Bakuneon]

@OlderG0ds its Science World

[Demifan1689]

@OlderG0ds

It's Science World. If you ever Go there its pretty cool.

I like they called it the Russian Dome when the Russians Will do the 2014 Winter Games

[superjuicy2007]

Its called Science World, Its been there ever since Expo 86 here in Vancouver

[OlderG0ds]

@superjuicy2007

ok thanks but you're the 10th person to answer that

[Ridicuragious]

@OlderG0ds it's Science World :P

[mohasham]

@OlderG0ds the spherical building is the "Science World" museum.

[Xloi63]

@OlderG0ds I believe that its the Biodome, a science museum

[oconnal22]

@OlderG0ds  Its called Telus Science World

[OlderG0ds]

@oconnal22

is that where bill nye lives?

[TheMatthew0123]

@OlderG0ds Telus World of Science

[canadiancatgreen]

@OlderG0ds If your interested it was built for EXPO 86 unfurtanatly thats about all I know but when I was there last it was a really cool place and definatly a landmark of Vancouver

[fredgt28]

The fireworks are fake

[stephgrandprix]

@fredgt28

No, I saw them too. I was downtown.

[DFrizzleNizzle]

WTH... i live in Vancouver and i've never seen fireworks from downtown there!

[MrFatboy719]

y was it out side of the stadium ?

[ginreikojaku17]

@ MrFatboy719

IOC rules state that the Olympic Cauldron must never be extingushised for the whole course of the games, and the flames must be in full public view. BC Place will catch fire if an Olympic cauldron was made to touch the roof anf leave it there unattended.

[jbuck7777]

That roof wouldnt catch on fire that easily...its a 27 year old Teflon fabric.

Its been thru many, many fireworks shows on the inside.

And even if it did burn a hole or two...its going to be taken off within the next 6 months to start construction on the new retractable fabric roof.

[Doctorcrazytoontown]

If i was close enough to see this, i would have went to the ceremony because from where i come from, theres nothing this special!

[tinajanami]

they had more than that, i was there, that was just a small portian.. it was actually very beautiful...

[capricornfilms]

Also the pyro is totally out of sync. Come on!! Can't you even do a text book pyro run?

[capricornfilms]

The cheepest bid got the pyro and it shows. It was a company from Canada, go figure.

And if it hadn't been raining they would have caught the roof on fire. They still burned holes all in the roof. Look at all the little fires burning at the end. Crao cheep product. You get what you pay for!!

[StarLitePyro]

I don't know who did the pyro, but I would agree based on the clip posted that it (the pyro) could have been a lot better..but that has nothing to do with being Canadian. It has everything to do with the specific supplier they chose, the product they used and their experience as well as knowledge of close proximity pyrotechnic effects.

[joecdn]

I'd just like you to know that Archangel Fireworks of Winnipeg, Manitoba has won the Celebration of Light international fireworks competition in Vancouver in 2007 and 2008. So before you start passing judgement on Canadian pyrotechnic firms, perhaps you should do your homework first, because a Canadian firm blew firms from other "pyrotechnical powerhouses" out of the water, literally!

[KINGOUNIT]

thats it..

[Rozecki15]

wtf, no thats not it...

[00StangGT00]

what would of happened if the roof caught on fire haha

[deathneed]

what would happen if a helicopter was flying right there lol

[cloddiehoppers]

You captured a beautiful view.

[WalnutThing]

that is beautiful! thanx!!!