A new transit line. A new highway to the mountains. Sound familiar?
Just like the 2010 Olympics Games, the Torino games in 2006 helped trigger massive infrastructure projects.
Construction on a new subway line started before the games. Ten kilometers of the route is now finished, and fourteen stations are fully operational.
There's a new road linking Torino with the mountain community of Pinerolo, where curling events were staged.
They're not Olympic projects, as such, but like the Canada Line and Sea-to-Sky Highway, these initiatives were made possibly by the Games.
"This was an important challenge for Torino, a city in deep transformation," said Valentino Castellani, the president of the Torino Organizing Committee.
"There was a deep crisis before the bidding of the games, so everything changed then," he said.
Two years on, change is continuing. The athletes' villages are being converted to student and low-income housing. Building director Davide Fonte says there is also space for sport federations. Some of the athlete accommodation is now apartments.
Mario Leggio owned a restaurant just around the corner. It was packed with media in 2006. He's since opened a caf� in the former village and two other restaurants, largely because of the Games, he said.
The fortunes of troubled carmaker Fiat started to turn around before the Olympics. Now, sales of its newest product -- the 500 Cinquecento -- are brisk.
Venues like the ski jumping facility in Pragelato are now being used as training facilities in both the winter and summer months.
The ice palace, which hosted more than 200 events, conventions and concerts in the first year after the games, is another revenue source.
With a report from CTV British Columbia's Mike Killeen
