It’s a pre-arranged excuse. The Winter Olympics is in my ex-hometown Vancouver (Whistler), BC, Canada west coast time. If you look at the schedule from hockey to half-pipe snowboarding, it’s appealing to east coast people as well. Ice skating will draw in the viewers and will also be contingent if the US men’s Hockey team will advance in the medal rounds.
Of course, history has proven that Americans dont necc. like watching the Olympics. BTW, watch for the Americans to be boo’d (Vancouver makes Berkeley look like a GOP stronghold).
I prefer Victoria. haven’t been to Vancouver since the World Expo. a Northern ‘Tijuana’ in some ways is what I hear ;-)