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Those were the words of Greg Rowe, president of the 2018 Arctic Winter Games host society on Wednesday.

The curtain is about to rise on the big show on Sunday with the opening ceremonies at 6 p.m. at the new Hay River Arena, which opened for business officially this past Tuesday.

Rowe said it wasn't too stressful waiting for the keys to be turned over.

SA国际影视传媒淚t would have been nice to be in there sooner, but we were well-informed about what was going on and there was never any emergency,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淭here were some issues in terms of compliance with the Fire Marshal's Office, but it got solved. It's a fantastic building, stunning really, and all of that outweighs the concerns we had. This is going to be a big legacy item for the kids.SA国际影视传媒�

With the arena headaches out of the way, it's all about making sure the small things are in place by the time everyone starts arriving and Rowe has had some help to make sure everyone stays as relaxed as possible.

SA国际影视传媒淢arion Conibear has kept us all grounded,SA国际影视传媒� said Rowe. SA国际影视传媒淪he has plenty of experience in organizing and she's been great. Anything can happen, of course SA国际影视传媒� we all remember the Georgian bobsledder that was killed in the luge in 2010 right before the start of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. We all hope nothing like that happens here and we've gone through all sorts of scenarios, but it's good that we have someone like Marion to make sure everything is proceeding.SA国际影视传媒�

There are still some areas where the resources need to be shored up, including in food and janitorial, and Rowe said some people have been asked to help out in those areas.

Access control, or security, is another area where a bit of help is needed, he added.

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The weather has been a bit warmer over the past little while and that's meant some melt in some of the competition areas.

Rowe said the organizers of the snowboard park in Fort Smith have asked for for a bit of work to be done to make the course competition-ready, but there's a contingency plan in place in case Mother Nature really plays havoc with things.

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The excitement in Hay River is obvious now, said Rowe, and the anxiety of how it's all going to play out is all that's left.

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