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Originally Posted by statdoc
I agree with your list, except for the Gretzky part. They had the cauldron inside to light, just for the special effects on TV. The "real" cauldron was outside. The announcers said that part of the Olympic rules is the cauldron has to be visible to the public; inside the stadium it wasn't. So the hauling of The Great One via truck to the second cauldron lighting was planned all along. At least it worked properly.  |
Yeah, I know that was planned and it has to be visible. Lighting two just seemed odd to me and him just riding in the back of the truck seemed strange to me. Ehh, I don't know.
On the positive side, it looks simply beautiful there. Although, I don't think I could handle the cold/rain.
I also found it interesting that such a large percentage of the Canadian population lives within such a short distance of the U.S. border. I never realized that.