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VANCOUVER, CANADA-[OnlyInPhiladelphia.com]- More than 50,000 lucky ticketholders packed into the BC stadium in Vancouver, BC for the first two and a half hour Olympic opening or closing ceremony ever held indoors.

Music will feature some of Canada’s best-known musical stars — including Bryan Adams, Nelly Furtado, Sarah McLachlan and k.d. lang.

The ceremony will come to a close with the lighting of the Olympic cauldron at BC Place in Vancouver, BC.

The show is currently being staged in front of International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge, Canadian governor general Michaelle Jean and the chiefs of the Four Host First Nations.

Over 1oo different projectors are being utilized to create the snowy and dreamy effects within the stadium. The Vancouver Opening Ceremony costs between an estimated 30-40 million dollars. We have already seen incredible projector effects which seamlessly turn 2-D backgrounds into enlivened 3-D visuals.

A snowboarder sails through the Olympic rings during the opening ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

The ceremony will include several elements in honor of 21-year old Georgian luger Nodar

Kumaritashvili, who died earlier today in Olympic training by smashing into a metal pole.

According to the Vancouver Sun, Kumaritashvili was traveling at speeds greater than 90 miles per hour at the time of the crash.

Here is GRAPHIC VIDEO of the crash that was witnessed earlier today:

The Georgian delegation were all wearing black armbands, and it has been reported they may withdraw from the Olympics.

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