Oval Ovation: Former Olympics Venue Reopens to Public

One of the primary goals for organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C., was to ensure the legacy of the Games' venues. To that end, a newly expanded, three-level, state-of-the-art fitness center recently opened inside the Richmond Olympic Oval - site of speed skating events and the official Olympic anti-doping lab. RichmondOval.jpgRichmondOval.jpgRichmondOval2.jpgRichmondOval2.jpg

"The warning we heard time and time again from the people who were involved in building and operating [previous] Olympic venues was, 'Don't make the same mistake we made,' which essentially was to build a venue for the Olympics and then worry about its legacy use afterward," Ted Townsend, senior manager of corporate communications for the city of Richmond, which owns and operates the Oval, told AB's Nicholas Brown in January. "There are too many examples of facilities that have become white elephants, if not outright mothballs, after the Games."

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