Live City Vancouver

During the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the City of Vancouver and the Government of Canada – along with their partners, sponsors and local businesses – hosted two exciting outdoor celebration sites in downtown Vancouver.

Daily, hundreds of people would line up to take in the best in local, Canadian and international entertainment, big-screen Olympic highlights, sponsor pavilions and much more – all for free.

The LiveCity sites won a Sustainability Star for initiatives such as using rubber tiles made from recycled tires for ground covering instead of asphalt; composting food, paper and service ware; funding infrastructure to access the hydro electricity grid instead of using diesel generators; and repurposing 1,200 feet of fencing in partnership with a women’s sewing co-operative.