Affordable and/or free Olympic venues

San Francisco social media wizard Rebecca Reeve (applause) twittered a link to the Vancouver Access 2010 site. Now if you haven’t checked it out, this is a huge social media collective that are “working on creating content related to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.”

Now there is a lot of information on this site. From Olympic Road closures (no this is not a sporting event and yes these will impact you: for real) to free/affordable Olympic attractions.

Here’s an excerpt from the latter article. I recommend you give it a read. Not LGBT specific per se, but still a good overview of what’s going to be happening in and around the city within the next month (the Heineken House sounds gooooood).

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Affordable venues to get the most out of Vancouver’s 2010 Games

Are you excited about the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
coming to Vancouver, but worried your budget won’t allow you to
participate in any events? You’re not alone.

The following list provides you with some excellent links and
descriptions of some of the top free and low-cost venues in Metro
Vancouver…

Want more? Click here.

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