General Motors Place

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General Motors Place was a major indoor sports and entertainment arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks and host to numerous high-profile events.

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General Motors Place canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf indoor arena
alsoKnownAs GM Place
architect Brisbin Brook Beynon Architects
brokeGround 1993-07-13
city Vancouver
constructionCost CAD 160 million
country Canada
currentNameOf General Motors Place
formerName Rogers Arena (after renaming)
linked to: Rogers Arena
formerNameOf Rogers Arena
hostedEvent 2010 Winter Olympics ice hockey
2010 Winter Olympics ice sledge hockey
NHL All-Star Game 1998
Stanley Cup Finals 1994 (as Pacific Coliseum, not GM Place)
Stanley Cup Finals 2011
WWE events
major concerts
league National Basketball Association
National Hockey League
National Lacrosse League
locatedIn British Columbia
Canada
Vancouver
namingRightsHolder General Motors of Canada
neighborhood Downtown Vancouver
officialOlympicName Canada Hockey Place
opened 1995-09-21
openingYear 1995
operator Canucks Sports & Entertainment
owner Canucks Sports & Entertainment
parkingCapacity over 700 stalls
primaryTenant Vancouver Canucks
publicTransitAccess Stadium–Chinatown SkyTrain station
renamedAs Rogers Arena
renamingDate 2010-07-06
roofType fixed roof
seatingCapacityBasketball around 18890
seatingCapacityIceHockey around 18630
sponsor General Motors of Canada
surface multi-surface
tenant Vancouver Grizzlies
linked to: Memphis Grizzlies

Vancouver Ravens
usedFor basketball
concerts
family shows
ice hockey
lacrosse

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2001 World Figure Skating Championships venue General Motors Place
Rogers Arena currentNameOf General Motors Place
subject linked to: General Motors Place