What will bc place be called

This article was published more than 9 years ago. Some information may no longer be current. At least for the next 20 years. For me, the name BC Place never instilled any special sense of pride. I'll admit, it's a dome into which I rarely ventured under the old roof, and have yet to step foot in under the new, allegedly retractable, one. I didn't much like the way the new roof looked just after it was built, but I've gotten used to it.

As have, I assume the hundreds of condo owners whose views now include massive steel-grey spires held taut by greasy sometimes too greasy cables. The minister is certain that British Columbians want their professional sports shrines to remain untainted by the sort of unfettered and wild-eyed corporate greed that has soiled so many other holy places of sport.

In the debate this week over the government turning down a naming-rights deal with Telus, the minister's explanation amounted to three lines in a government press release:. The Stadium's Northern Lights to feature special moustache animation for men's health.

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Tickets now on sale. Aside from football and international rugby, BC Place has also become synonymous with soccer at both the club and national team levels. The team featured in the first major sporting event held there in , a match against the Seattle Sounders that drew over 60, spectators, before folding a year later along with the NASL itself. Some 25 years later, the Whitecaps got their pass back into the big leagues when Vancouver was awarded an MLS expansion franchise in The outsized stadium was by no means a ready-made home for the Whitecaps, however.

It was also agreed that a system of sail-like drapes should be installed to cordon off the upper bowl, creating a more intimate setting tailored for MLS. There is massive potential there. There are not many stadiums like that — that are in a downtown core, are very accessible from a transit perspective, great for our athletes.

Having succeeded in attracting the Whitecaps, who currently average just under 22, fans for each home game, PavCo has since set its sights on bigger prizes in soccer. In the end, where Canada lands, where the bid lands, I can tell you that if we had to host it tomorrow, we would be ready to go. Tick that box. Landing the World Cup would certainly be a significant boon for Vancouver, not to mention another feather in the BC Place cap. Such flexibility has enabled the stadium to accommodate a busier schedule and, as importantly, to stage a greater variety of events — everything from provincial high school football championships to sell-out concerts headlined by acts such as Coldplay and Guns N' Roses — in quick succession.