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Who had best seats for Olympic hockey gold?

So who were those in the luxury suites at General Motors Place (aka Canada Hockey Place) for Sidney Crosby’s golden goal on Feb. 28 that gave Canada its 14th Winter Olympic championship of the Vancouver 2010 Games?

For the entire run of men’s and women’s hockey at “The Garage” from Feb. 13-28, suites were running $133,650-$252,450 on level 500 to $231,000-$264,000 on level 200. Tickets were included. Food and beverage service was extra. Single-game suites were going for as low as $2,800. The best bargain was $2,800 for a suite at the Czech Republic versus Slovakia match on Feb. 17. If you paid $15,000 for a suite at the Feb. 25 women’s gold medal game, you would have witnessed, at no extra charge, the Canadian players drink beer and smoke cigars on ice.

Prices on the secondary market crashed for the men’s gold medal game. One scalper was offering a suite for $1,600 with less than an hour to go before face-off, according to one of my sources.

The list below, as you’ll see, is not complete. That’s where you come in. Those with solid information that help me fill-in the blanks get a special edition Vancouver 24 hours Vancouver 2010 Olympic pin. Send email to [email protected]. I also gladly receive mail (from those who would rather remain anonymous) to 554 E. 15th, Vancouver, V5T 2R5.

Luxury suite numbers and groups at the Feb. 28 men’s Olympic gold medal hockey game:

201: TD Bank Financial Group

203: Concord Pacific

204: Aquilini Investment Group

205: Aquilini Investment Group

206: GE (Jet Set)

207: Heli-Jet

208: Coca-Cola

213: Province of British Columbia

214: VANOC

215: VANOC

216: VANOC

217: B.C. Roadbuilders

220: Contemporary International

221: Acer

223: Canaccord

224: Onni

225: Scotiabank

226: Vision Co.

227: Vision Co.

228: Vision Co.

229: Sun Microsystems

230: Aquilini Investment Group

231: Aquilini Investment Group

233: District of West Vancouver

235: Clarus Capital

236: Royal Bank of Canada

238: Rogers

239: Goldcorp

242: Canadian Pacific

243: Ernst and Young

244: Britco Structures

245: Deloitte

246: Weston Bakeries

247: BC Hydro

248: Royal Bank of Canada

249: Canwest

250: Hudson’s Bay Co.

251: Molson

252: Bell

253: CTV

254: Prime Strategies

255: Copperlion Capital

256: Canadian Olympic Committee

257: Edmonton Oilers

259: Jet Set

260: Jet Set

261: Aramark

267: International Ice Hockey Federation: Home team (each game)

268: IIHF Away team (each game)

275: IIHF

276: Province of Alberta

277: McCarthy Tetrault

281: Lisa and Mike Hudson

282: Olympic Panorama Arch Energy

501: Port Metro Vancouver

503: Acklands Grainger

504: Purolator

505: Olympic Panorama (Russia NOC)

506: General Mills

507: Rona/Bombardier

508: Shato Holdings

509: Fasken Martineau

510: Millennium Water Development

513: Olympic Panorama Russia

515: Finland Travel Bureau

520: Four Host First Nations

to be confirmed: 202, 219, 234, 258, 262

blacked out: 209, 210, 211, 212, 241, 263, 278, 279, 502, 511, 512, 514

single: 222, 237, 240, 264, 265, 266, 280

Bob Mackin reports for Vancouver 24 hours.

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