Pillow Dome To Get $65 Million Facelift
06/09/2008 06:05
BC Place Stadium is getting a $65-million interior upgrade in time for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
B.C. Pavilion Corp., the provincial Crown corporation responsible for the stadium, hopes to spruce up everything from concession stands to lighting to the facility's washrooms.
Much of the stadium's outdated interior will be replaced with a modern new colour scheme and wood accents, designed to give the facility a warmer, more comfortable feel, according to PavCo chair David Podmore.
"The work we're doing right now we can comfortably complete before 2010. I have no concerns about that at all. And it's also an enhancement for the uses of the building for 2010," he said.
The $65 million for the interior upgrade will come from cash reserves and money from future real estate sales around the stadium. The renovations will be completed well in advance of the Winter Games, Podmore said Thursday.
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SWIVEL HIPS SAYS:
Isn’t it just amazing how governments can find money for projects like this when the Olympic games are involved? It’s all about putting your best “face” on for the rest of the world to see, isn’t it?