Other Building Names

B.C. Place Stadium

Street Address

777 Pacific Boulevard.

Dates From

1983

Material Type

building

Source

Province: Nov 7, 1980, p.A4, $60m deal paves way for B.C. Place, illus.

Province: Dec. 18, 1980, p. A6, Line threatens old docks, by Jan O'Brien.

Courier: Feb 12, 1981, Stadium to cost $111.4M., by Geof Wheelright, port.

Sun: Mar 27, 1981, p.A3, Sweeney barricades shed against B.C. Place, port.

Sun: May 11, 1981, p. A12, Finally sprouting, ill.

Westender: May 28, 1981, p.7, All systems go!, ill.

Sun: Jun 12, 1981, p.A3, Further swap sites listed.

Sun: Jul 7, 1981, p.F7, Criminologist says B.C. Place will generate crime, by Glenn Bohn.

Sun: Jun 17, 1981, p. A3, Roundhouse 'solution' sought.

Sun: July 17, 1981, p. 1, A2, B.C. Place menaces Yaletown, by Michael Bocking.

Sun: Jul 18, 1981, p.B1, B.C. Stadium, play-by-play, by Pete McMartin, ill., port.

Sun: Jul 20, 1981, p.A3, B.C. Place is becoming an unwanted neighbor, by Geof Wheelwright.

Sun: Jul 23, 1981, p.A3, B.C. Place raps mayor for encouraging 'dissenters', by Jes Odam and Judy Lindsay.

Province: Aug 4, 1981, p.A4, Vancouver not keen as B.C. Place project boss thinks, by Damian Inwood.

Province: Aug 6, 1981, p.A3, Stadium 'can't be stopped', by Tom Barrett.

Westender: Aug 13, 1981, p.8-9, Anatomy of a citizens' protest, by Dianna Carr, ill.

Westender: Aug 20, 1981, p.7, Five-brief protest brews, ill.

Province: Sep 20, 1981, p.A9, Council OKs stadium works, by Jan O'Brien.

Province: Sept. 25, 1981, p.H6, Kick-off a little closer, ill.

Province: Sept. 27, 1982, p. A4, Roof takes shape, ill.

Sun: Oct. 30, 1981, p. A12, Taking shape, ill.

Province: Oct. 30, 1981, Cranes delivering stadium on time, ill.

Sun: Nov. 30, 1981, p.5, Needed: a good neighbor, by Mike Harcourt, ill.

Sun: Jan 12, 1982, p.A3, B.C. Place officials reach out for public's hearts and minds, by Michael Bocking.

Sun: Jan 16, 1982, p.A14, B.C. Place to build a lake by diking off False Creek, by Michael Bocking.

Sun: Feb 2, 1982, p.A12, B.C. Place quietly adds to its land, by Michael Bocking.

Sun: Feb 12, 1982, p.B1, Fox Plaza - You didn't like it, illus.

Sun: Mar 4, 1982, p.A4, B.C. Place urged to pack 'em in, by Jan O'Brien.

Sun: Mar 4, 1982, p.A12, Fears fed by mushrooming B.C. Place, by Michael Bocking, ports.

Province: Mar 7, 1982, p.A4, Mega-projects a feast for the East, by Andrew Ross, ill.

Sun: March 8, 1982, (Breaking away forms from beams ...), ill.

Sun: March 16, 1982, (First roof supports are raised...), ill.

Province: March 16, 1982, p.1, Starting to raise the roof, ill.

Province: Apr 7, 1982, p.A4, Stadium gets set for public tours, by Bob Chamberlain, ill.

Courier: April 7, 1982, p. ? and p. 19, (The B.C. Place stadium is really shaping up ...), ill.

Westender, April 8, 1982, p.1, (B.C. Place stadium manager Harry Renaud ...), ill.

Sun: May 11, 1982, p.A4, Battle of graffiti shapes at stadium, by Eli Sopow, ports.

Province: June 3, 1982, p.A4, Progress at the stadium, ill.

Province: June 18, 1982, p. A4, Hitting the heights, ill.

Sun: Jun 24, 1982, p.A14, 'More study needed' on False Creek plan, by Shelley Banks.

Sun: Jun 30, 1982, p.A3, First 'steel snake' strung for stadium roof, by Shelley Banks, ill.

Province: June 30, 1982, p.A4, First cable for the roof,ills.

Sun: Jul 10, 1982, p.A12, B.C. Place offers olive branch to city, by Shelley Banks.

Sun: Jul 30, 1982, p.A3, Roof built to survive 'grand-daddy quake', by Douglas Sagi, ill.

Province: July 30, 1982, p. 1, Stadium begins coverup, ill.

Sun: Aug 18, 1982, p.A3, Big oak trees sought across the continent.

Sun: Sep 17, 1982, p.A15, Costly study cited, by Shelley Banks.

Westender: Oct 7, 1982, p.1, DERA sues BC Place, by Ed Cosgrove.

Province: Oct 8, 1982, p.A4, B.C. Place sued for 'false' ad.

Sun: Oct 8, 1982, p.A14, B.C. Place position 'costs city revenue'.

Sun: Oct 19, 1982, p.A9, Creek 'needs sensuous shoreline', by Shelley Banks.

Sun: Nov 3, 1982, p.5, Needed: a good neighbor, by MIke Harcourt, ill.

Province: Nov. 3, 1982, p.1, When inflation means progress, ill.

Sun: Nov 12, 1982, p.A16, Stadium to double in height, port.

Province: Nov 15, 1982, p.1, Fans raise new jewel into skyline, by Bonni Raines Kettner, ill.

Province: Nov 15, 1982, p.A4, Dome like softly rising souffle, by Steve Berry, illus.

Province: Nov. 15, 1982, p. A4, Roof plan came to builder 'in a flash', ill.

Sun: Nov 15, 1982, p.A10, B.C. Place revisions get Harcourt's approval.

Sun: Nov 15, 1982, p.A10, Roof steals show, by Shelley Banks and Glenn born, illus.

Vancouver Courier: Nov. 17, 1982, p.1, (More than 20,000 people lined up...), ill.

Sun, Nov. 24, 1982, p. A20, Billowing dome ..., ill.

Highland Echo: Dec. 9, 1982, p.7, B.C. Place shrugs off impact study.

Sun: Dec 10, 1982, p.B1, Committee pitches bustling plaza on new Cambie bridge, by Shelley Banks, ill.

Sun: Dec. 22, 1982, p. A3, Concrete floor ..., ill.

Sun: Dec. 27, 1982, p. A3, Playing the waiting game, ill.

Province: Jan 2, 1983, p.B2, B.C. Place: 'We're talking about 25 years fro now', illus.

Province: Feb. 2, 1983, p. A4, Fixing up the place, ill.

Notes

Provincial government bought 175 acres from Marathon Realty for $60 million and an unspecified land swap, 1980.

Sports arena.

Height of building: 200 feet.

Size of building: 247,000 square feet as exhibition venue.

Circumference: 2,500 feet.

Maximum seating capacity: 60,000.

Roof raised November 1982. Roof consists of 250 teflon-coated fibreglass panels supported by 22 steel cables. Weighs 46 tonnes, covers 39,000 square metres (420,000 square feet).

Public art includes: triumphal arch designed by The Corner Group on Terry Fox Plaza.

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