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Photos: Crowds gone wild in Vancouver Friday night

 

Good crowd, bad crowd. Good fans... and bad fans. Thousands of people jammed Vancouver's downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square on the night of Friday, February 19, to take in the music, food, and the 2010 Olympic buzz. Some mayhem ensued.

 
February 20, 2010 2:50 AM
 
 
 
 
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - This man gestures from a lamp standard at the corner of Granville and Nelson. Vancouver Police kept back the crowd before they arrested him. Thousands of people jammed the downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square to take in the music, food, and the Olympic buzz.
 

VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - This man gestures from a lamp standard at the corner of Granville and Nelson. Vancouver Police kept back the crowd before they arrested him. Thousands of people jammed the downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square to take in the music, food, and the Olympic buzz.

Photograph by: Stuart Davis , PNG

 
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - This man gestures from a lamp standard at the corner of Granville and Nelson. Vancouver Police kept back the crowd before they arrested him. Thousands of people jammed the downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square to take in the music, food, and the Olympic buzz.
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - Vancouver Police keep back the crowd before they arrested this man(top center) after he climbed down from a lamp standard at the corner of Granville and Nelson. Thousands of people jammed the downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square to take in the music, food, and the Olympic buzz.
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - A crowdshot of the people that attended LiveCity Yaletown to dance toDJ Deadmau5. The metal fence that restrain the crowd gave way earlier in the week during an Alexisonfire set, sending many to hospital.
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - A crowdshot of the people that attended LiveCity Yaletown to dance toDJ Deadmau5. The metal fence that restrain the crowd gave way earlier in the week during an Alexisonfire set, sending many to hospital.
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - This man gestures from a lamp standard at the corner of Granville and Nelson. Vancouver Police kept back the crowd before they arrested him. Thousands of people jammed the downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square to take in the music, food, and the Olympic buzz.
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - This man gestures from a lamp standard at the corner of Granville and Nelson. Vancouver Police kept back the crowd before they arrested him. Thousands of people jammed the downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square to take in the music, food, and the Olympic buzz.
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - Vancouver Police arrest this man after he climbed down from a lamp standard at the corner of Granville and Nelson. Thousands of people jammed the downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square to take in the music, food, and the Olympic buzz.
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - Vancouver Police arrest this man after he climbed down from a lamp standard at the corner of Granville and Nelson. Thousands of people jammed the downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square to take in the music, food, and the Olympic buzz.
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - This man is arrested by Vancouver Police outside LiveCity Yaletown. Thousands of people jammed the downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square to take in the music, food, and the Olympic buzz.
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - This man is detained by Vancouver Police on Granville St. Thousands of people jammed the downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square to take in the music, food, and the Olympic buzz.
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - A crowdshot of the people that attended LiveCity Yaletown to dance toDJ Deadmau5. The metal fence that restrain the crowd gave way earlier in the week during an Alexisonfire set, sending many to hospital.
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - The Boom Booms, from Vancouver, entertain the crowds along Mainland in Yaletown. Thousands of people jammed the downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square to take in the music, food, and the Olympic buzz.
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - Russian fans celebrate their nation. Here, L to R, are Regina Svidler, of the Ukraine, Anastasia Orlova, of Moscow, and Olga Tsoupikova, of Siberia, in Yaletown. Thousands of people jammed the downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square to take in the music, food, and the Olympic buzz.
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - Czech fans celebrate their nation. Thousands of people jammed the downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square to take in the music, food, and the Olympic buzz.
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - Finnish fans celebrate their nation. Thousands of people jammed the downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square to take in the music, food, and the Olympic buzz.
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - Canadian fans celebrated another gold medal by the home athletes. Thousands of people jammed the downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square to take in the music, food, and the Olympic buzz.
VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - Canadian fans celebrated another gold medal by the home athletes. Here, 4-year-old Aimee Craig, of Shawinigan Lake, high-fives Ryan MacDonald of Coquitlam in Yaletown. Thousands of people jammed the downtown area from Yaletown to Robson Square to take in the music, food, and the Olympic buzz.