| Part of 2010 Winter Olympics | |
 Canadian fiddlers perform during the Opening Ceremony of the XXI Olympic Winter Games at BC Place stadium | |
| Date | 12 February 2010 |
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| Time | 18:00 – 21:00 PST (UTC−8) |
| Venue | BC Place |
| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Coordinates | 49°16′36″N 123°6′43″W / 49.27667°N 123.11194°W |
| Filmed by | Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) |
| Footage | Full opening ceremony on the IOC YouTube channel on YouTube |
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The opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held on February 12, 2010, beginning at 6:00 pm PST (02:00 UTC, February 13) at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This was the first Olympic opening ceremony to be held indoors.[1] It was directed by David Atkins.[2]
The event was officially opened by Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada,[3][4] the representative of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.[5] The opening ceremony was dedicated by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) to Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger who had died earlier in the day in a training run.[1] An audience of 61,600 was in attendance at the venue, and there were an estimated 4,500 performers.[1][6]
- ^ a b c Donegan, Lawrence (12 February 2010). "Georgian luge competitor dies in practice at the Winter Olympics". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
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