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General Motors Place
GM Place, The Garage
File:GMPlacelogo.jpg
Map
Location800 Griffiths Way
Vancouver, British Columbia K2V 1A5
OwnerOrca Bay Sports and Entertainment
OperatorOrca Bay Sports and Entertainment
CapacityHockey: 18,630
Basketball: 19,193
Construction
Opened1995
Construction costC$160 million
ArchitectBrisbin, Brook and Beynon
Tenants
Vancouver Canucks (NHL) (1995-present)
Vancouver Ravens (NLL) (2001-2004)
Vancouver Grizzlies (NBA) (1995-2001)
Vancouver Voodoo (RHI) (1996)

General Motors Place, sponsored by General Motors Canada, is an indoor arena at 800 Griffiths Way in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Completed in 1995 at a cost of C$160 million in private financing, the arena is home to the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL, and was formerly home to the Vancouver Grizzlies of the NBA and the Vancouver Ravens of the NLL. The Grizzlies have since moved to Memphis. The arena seats 18,630 for ice hockey and 19,193 for basketball. It has 88 luxury suites, 12 hospitality suites, and 2,195 club seats. The arena replaced the Pacific Coliseum as the main venue for events in Vancouver.

The arena is served by the Skytrain's Stadium-Chinatown Station.

On November 8, 2006, Francesco Aquilini became the sole owner of the of the Vancouver Canucks and General Motors Place.

Entertainment upgrades

In mid-2006 GM Place was upgraded with a ProAd LED ribbon board encircling the upper bowl and shortly thereafter with a $5 million ProStar LED scoreboard. The original Mitsubishi Mark IV displays needed to be removed since the worldwide supply of replacement parts was not large enough to keep them operating throughout the 2006-2007 hockey season.

The new LED scoreboard is built around four of the largest video displays in the NHL. Measuring 13.5 feet by 24 feet they are capable of displaying widescreen images in 4.4 trillion colours. Their size combined with their 10 mm pixel spacing gives them an image that is unrivaled in any NHL arena. The corners hold 5.5 foot by 13.5 foot displays with two ring displays each capping the top and bottom. The entire scoreboard weighs 49,000 lbs, 2% less than the one it replaced. [1][2]

The normally three-week assembly period was completed in only one week and as a result there were some minor technical difficulties during the first home game.

Past major events

Future major events

  • GM Place will host the ice hockey events in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. These will be the first Olympic games to use NHL sized ice. This decision was made in order to maximize the potential crowds and revenue, instead of building a smaller, temporary venue with the international-size ice surface, as has been done for most other Winter Games.
  • GM Place will be having a Justin Timberlake concert on the 5th of September
  • Rihanna and Akon will be having a concert at GM Place (Sept 15)
  • The Spice Girls will open their reunion tour at GM Place in early December of 2007

References

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first arena
 Home of the
Vancouver Grizzlies
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Preceded by Home of the
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49°16′40.11″N 123°6′31.54″W / 49.2778083°N 123.1087611°W / 49.2778083; -123.1087611

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