Pacific Coliseum

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The Pacific Coliseum.

Pacific Coliseum is an indoor arena at 100 North Renfrew Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. Completed in 1967 at the site of the Pacific National Exhibition, the arena seats 16,150 for ice hockey. It was the home of the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL from 1970-1995 and the Vancouver Blazers of the WHA from 1973-1975. It hosted WCW New Blood Rising in 2000. Today, the arena is the home of the Vancouver Giants of the WHL, as well as the host of a variety of events and concerts. It has been chosen as the venue for figure skating in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

The two most notable sporting events to take place at the Pacific Coliseum were both hockey games. The Coliseum hosted Game 4 of the 1972 Summit Series on September 8, with the U.S.S.R. beating Canada 5-3. In a famous post-game interview, Phil Esposito gave an emotional response to the booing of the crowd that was broadcast on national television.

On June 11, 1994, the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks met at the Coliseum in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Jeff Brown and Geoff Courtnall each scored twice as the Canucks won the game 4-1 to even the series at three games apiece. However, they lost the series to New York by a 3-2 score in Game 7.

External links

• [PNE.ca: Pacific Coliseum]
• [Munsey & Suppes article on Pacific Coliseum]

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