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BC Place Stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Olympic sites map For the 2010 Winter Olympics, a total of ten sports venues were used, seven in Vancouver (including BC Place), and three in Whistler. The majority of ice sport events were held in Vancouver, while Whistler, which normally serves as a ski resort, hosted the snow events. Six non-competition ...
Rogers Arena during an exhibition basketball game between Canada and China in August 2010. Rogers Arena is a multi-purpose arena at 800 Griffiths Way in the downtown area of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Opened in 1995, the arena was known as General Motors Place (GM Place) from its opening until July 6, 2010, when General Motors Canada ...
In 2014, a Vancouver Sun review by Rob MacDonald, a notable Vancouver developer, praised Millennium for their accomplishment in creating the Vancouver Olympic Village under trying circumstances. [24] [25] The same year, the city sold off the last shares in the project and cleared its debt from 2009. A later assessment in 2020 regarded the ...
BC Place was the main stadium for the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics, the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, as well as a venue for multiple matches including the championship match for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Vancouver Giants (WHL) (2001–2016) Pacific Coliseum, locally known as The Coliseum or the Rink on Renfrew, is an indoor arena located at Hastings Park in Vancouver, British Columbia. Its main use has been for ice hockey and the arena has been the home for several ice hockey teams. The arena was the home of the Vancouver Giants of the Western ...
The Hillcrest Centre is a community centre with ice hockey, curling rinks, and an aquatics facility, located at Hillcrest Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Construction started in March 2007; it hosted the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships prior to the Olympics. During the 2010 Olympics, it was named the Vancouver Olympic ...
The 2014 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games were held in Vancouver and the university was the host venue for the competition being held from July 7 to 13, 2014. The Games featured athletes with an intellectual disability from across the country competing in eleven sports, ten of which were also qualifiers for the 2015 Special Olympics World ...
The Richmond Olympic Oval Corporation was created as a municipal corporation in 2010, with the sole purpose of operating the venue. [20] Following the Olympics, the venue was transformed into a community multi-sports park, which opened in April 2010. [21] Bleachers for 800 spectators were sold to be used for the Vancouver Island University ...