BC Place

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multi-purpose stadium sports venue stadium

BC Place is a large multi-purpose stadium in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, best known as the home of the BC Lions and Vancouver Whitecaps FC and for hosting major sporting and entertainment events.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
BC Place canonical	21
BC Place Stadium	6
BC Place, Vancouver, Canada	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T405343 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: BC Place
Context triple: [Vancouver, hasStadium, BC Place]

A. Scotiabank Arena
Scotiabank Arena is a major multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in downtown Toronto, serving as the home arena for the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and the NBA’s Toronto Raptors.
B. Tim Hortons Field
Tim Hortons Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, best known as the home of the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats and a venue for major sporting and entertainment events.
C. Sun Life Stadium
Sun Life Stadium is a multi-purpose sports venue in Miami Gardens, Florida, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and host of numerous Super Bowls and major events.
D. Maple Leaf Gardens
Maple Leaf Gardens is a historic indoor arena in Toronto, Canada, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and a major venue for professional sports and entertainment events.
E. BMO Field
BMO Field is an outdoor sports stadium in Toronto best known as the home of Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC and the Canadian national soccer teams.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: BC Place
Target entity description: BC Place is a large multi-purpose stadium in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, best known as the home of the BC Lions and Vancouver Whitecaps FC and for hosting major sporting and entertainment events.

A. Scotiabank Arena
Scotiabank Arena is a major multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in downtown Toronto, serving as the home arena for the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and the NBA’s Toronto Raptors.
B. Tim Hortons Field
Tim Hortons Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, best known as the home of the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats and a venue for major sporting and entertainment events.
C. Sun Life Stadium
Sun Life Stadium is a multi-purpose sports venue in Miami Gardens, Florida, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and host of numerous Super Bowls and major events.
D. Maple Leaf Gardens
Maple Leaf Gardens is a historic indoor arena in Toronto, Canada, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and a major venue for professional sports and entertainment events.
E. BMO Field
BMO Field is an outdoor sports stadium in Toronto best known as the home of Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC and the Canadian national soccer teams.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	multi-purpose stadium ⓘ sports venue ⓘ stadium ⓘ
category	Canadian football venues ⓘ Indoor arenas in British Columbia ⓘ Soccer venues in Canada ⓘ Sports venues in Vancouver ⓘ
cityLandmark	Vancouver skyline ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
hasFeature	LED lighting system ⓘ large centre-hung video board ⓘ retractable fabric roof ⓘ
hasRoofType	retractable roof ⓘ
homeVenueOf	BC Lions ⓘ Vancouver Whitecaps FC ⓘ
hostedEvent	2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony ⓘ 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony ⓘ 2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony ⓘ 2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony ⓘ 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup ⓘ surface form: 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final Grey Cup ⓘ surface form: CFL Grey Cup games
locatedIn	British Columbia ⓘ Vancouver ⓘ Vancouver ⓘ surface form: downtown Vancouver
locationCity	Vancouver ⓘ
locationCountry	Canada ⓘ
locationProvince	British Columbia ⓘ
nearbyFeature	False Creek ⓘ Rogers Arena ⓘ
opened	1983-06-19 ⓘ
openingYear	1983 ⓘ
operatedBy	BC Pavilion Corporation ⓘ
ownedBy	British Columbia ⓘ surface form: Province of British Columbia
primaryTenant	BC Lions ⓘ Vancouver Whitecaps FC ⓘ
renovated	2009 ⓘ 2010 ⓘ 2011 ⓘ
roofReplaced	2010-2011 ⓘ
roofType	air-supported roof (original) ⓘ
seatingCapacity	approximately 54,500 ⓘ
shortName	BC Place self-link ⓘ
surface	artificial turf ⓘ
usedFor	Canadian football ⓘ concerts ⓘ exhibitions ⓘ soccer ⓘ special events ⓘ trade shows ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vancouver → hasStadium → BC Place ⓘ

Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC → homeStadiumOfOneClub → BC Place ⓘ

Vancouver Whitecaps FC → homeStadium → BC Place ⓘ

2010 Winter Olympics → mainStadium → BC Place ⓘ

BC Place → shortName → BC Place self-link ⓘ

BC Lions → homeStadium → BC Place ⓘ

Rogers Arena → nearbyFacility → BC Place ⓘ

2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup → finalVenue → BC Place ⓘ

Canada men's national soccer team → homeStadium → BC Place ⓘ

The Joshua Tree 2017 Tour → startLocation → BC Place ⓘ

this entity surface form: BC Place, Vancouver, Canada

Vancouver Southsiders → homeStadiumSupported → BC Place ⓘ

Southsiders → associatedWith → BC Place ⓘ

XXI Olympic Winter Games → openingCeremonyVenue → BC Place ⓘ

XXI Olympic Winter Games → closingCeremonyVenue → BC Place ⓘ

Empire Stadium → replacedBy → BC Place ⓘ