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BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek , it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo), a crown corporation of the province.
BC Place: 54,300 [a] Vancouver: British Columbia: Artificial turf Retractable roof BC Lions: West Division: 1983 [1] BMO Field: 25,000 Toronto: Ontario: Natural grass with artificial turf end zones [b] Open Toronto Argonauts: East Division: 2007 [3] Commonwealth Stadium: 56,302 [a] Edmonton: Alberta: Artificial turf Open Edmonton Elks: West ...
In 2024, Canada Place was co-named Komagata Maru Place in honor of a 1914 incident when the Komagata Maru steamship (also known as the Guru Nanak Jahaaz) brought 376 Punjabis (337 Sikhs, 27 Muslims and 12 Hindus) to Vancouver, most of whom were denied entry, detained for two months with a lack of medical aid, food or water, and then forced to ...
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BC Lions (6) 34–23 Winnipeg Blue Bombers: BC Place: Vancouver: 54,313 100th: November 25, 2012: Toronto Argonauts (16) 35–22 Calgary Stampeders: Rogers Centre: Toronto: 53,208 101st: November 24, 2013: Saskatchewan Roughriders (4) 45–23 Hamilton Tiger-Cats: Taylor Field: Regina: 44,710 102nd: November 30, 2014: Calgary Stampeders (7) 20 ...
Canada's first domed stadium, BC Place Stadium opened in 1983. The SkyTrain and the BC Place Stadium, as well as Science World, Canada Place and the Plaza of Nations, were constructed for Expo 86. This significant international event was the last World's Fair held in North America and was considered a success, receiving 22,111,578 visits. [42]
The sign at the Keefer Place entrance displays the station's name in both English and traditional Chinese. Opened as "Stadium" in 1985 as part of the original SkyTrain system (now known as the Expo Line), the station was designed by Austrian architecture firm Architektengruppe U-Bahn. [2] [3] It was named for BC Place
A recreational community in British Columbia is an "unincorporated place with seasonal or year-round services, accommodation and amenities associated primarily with recreational or leisure activities". [5] British Columbia has 11 communities that are classified as recreational communities. [1]