Saturday, January 30, 2010

Acronyms Galore

The 2010 Winter Olympics has special names & acronyms for every venue.  Here's a list, courtesy of fellow volunteer, Ed Rogers:

Vancouver International Airport (YVR)
Olympic Village Vancouver (VVL)
Olympic Village Whistler (WVL)
Main Media Centre (MMC)
Whistler Media Centre (WMC)
Whistler Medals Plaza (WCP)
BC Place (STA)
Canada Hockey Place (CHP)
Cypress Mountain (CYM)
Vancouver Olympic Centre (HIL)
Pacific Coliseum (PAC)
Richmond Olympic Oval (ROO)
UBC Thunderbird Arena (UBC)
Whistler Creekside (WCR)
Whistler Olympic Park (WOP)
The Whistler Sliding Centre (WSC)
Killarney Centre (KIL)
Trout Lake Centre (TLR)
Britannia Centre (BRT)
Whistler Transportation Mall (WTM)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

As a volunteer I have looked everywhere for a listing of the acronyms used by VANOC. Thanks for taking the time to create a listing for all of us to use.
Carla