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PARTYGOERS CHILL OUT AT RED BULL CRASHED ICE BCE VP Mirko Bibic with CIBC’s Kim Farr.
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Former Senator Chris Phillips with buddy Dean Usher of CIBC Wood Gundy (left); Mayor Jim Watson and Canopy Growth Corp. CEO Bruce Linton.
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Chateau Laurier’s Deneen Perrin with Ottawa 2017 executive director Guy Laflamme (left); Ottawa 2017 board members Brittany Forsyth of Shopify and OSEG boss Bernie Ashe.
MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017
You’ve got to love party swag that’s not only practical but essential, such as the grey tuques handed out to some 1,400 ticket holders for the Red Bull Crashed Ice VIP party held at the Château Laurier on March 4. It was definitely hat weather for watching the winter extreme sport from the best view in town: right next to the ice track, on the terrace of the historic hotel, which, thanks to some beautiful lighting, resembled Disney’s Magic Kingdom castle. The Château Laurier was the place to be, judging by its bustling hotel lobby, corridors and restaurants. “Normally this time of year we’re not full, so this is really exciting,” said Deneen Perrin, the hotel’s director of public relations. Inside, multiple food and drink stations were set up in the Laurier Room and Ballroom, with lounge areas, music and giant screens for the less winter-hardy to watch the competition from indoors. The VIP event was sold out, at $290 a ticket. It was a momentous weekend for Guy Laflamme, executive director of the Ottawa 2017 Bureau. It was his vision to bring Crashed Ice to the nation’s capital as part of Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrations. “Two and a half a years ago I was here, suggesting where the track should go,” said Mr. Laflamme. “I’m pinching myself that I’m not dreaming, that the track has been built and it’s now happening.”