The 2010 Olympics are widely expected to provide thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in revenue for British Columbia, but there are growing fears some workers will be hurt by the Games.

Mariquita Santiago has worked at the food concessions at GM Place stadium for more than three years, and is one of the 750 workers at the facility who are worried about being shut out.

"We are the person who knows the venue," she says. "We don't want any temporary or volunteer workers to work for that event."

The workers are fighting for a new contract and have been told by their employer the decision on who provides food services in 2010 rests with Vancouver's Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC).

But the NDP claims it's another case of the Olympics putting jobs at risk.

"(It's) one more example where the government has not come clean with the public about what's really going on with the Olympics," says provincial NDP leader Carole James.

But the minister responsible for the Games says it isn't going to be a problem.

"As I understand it, no employees at GM Place are going to be laid off," says Colin Hansen. "And for Carole James to be fear mongering I think first of all demonstrates that she is an Olympic basher."

VANOC says a deal with the current catering company is close and is confident there will be no job losses.

It's a different story at Hastings Park, where 200 are being laid off during the Games. Their casino and restaurants have been ordered temporarily closed because they're in a restricted security area next to the Pacific Coliseum.

The decision has angered workers like David Dahl, who will lose his job for a month.

"It's not as if these building are adjoined," he says. "There's a road between. What is the security problem? You can have one entrance in one entrance out -- it can be secured."

Laid off workers have been told they can relocate to the company's other casino operations.

"I'm not a casino worker so I can't be relocated," says Hastings Park worker Merrit Smith "There are no other facilities in Vancouver that take wagering on horses. We're it."

Olympic security concerns could also force a regional airline to ground flights for two months next year. Pacific Coastal Airlines has been told some of its planes may not be permitted to land at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) because the originating rural airports aren't set up to conduct adequate security checks.

"I have no issue with the idea of having everybody security screened," says Spencer Smith. "I get it. I don't have any problem with that. The frustration is somebody is telling us it's going to cost us a million dollars to do this."

Concerns about 2010 aren't limited to job loss. Many businesses are anxiously awaiting tomorrow's release of the Olympic transportation plan to find out if road closures and parking restrictions will have an impact on their bottom line during the Games.

With a report from CTV British Columbia's Mike Killeen