HPED 2440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scotiabank Saddledome, Healthy Choice, Nakiska
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Hped 2440: the 2010 vancouver olympic games created some great opportunities and benefits for. 2 both the residents and government of british columbia. The olympics influenced the creation of an estimated 264,000 new opportunities to participate in sport, as well as funding over 11,200 coaches to further increase community development in sport (2010. High level sporting facilities were made to host the olympics, and are being used by youth sports at all levels in b. c. This creates more sporting opportunities for b. c. residents, as well as helps justify the building costs of these venues as long-term sporting facilities for b. c. youth. The olympic games are a widely televised event all over the world. Worldwide exposure and the building of multiple state of the art facilities leads to increased sport tourism in the province, therefore, stimulating the provincial economy and providing more opportunities to the residents of.