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Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Centre
H
illcrest Park is home to an ambi-
tious redevelopment projects.
Hosting men’s, women’s and
wheelchair curling, the Nat Bailey Stadi-
um and three separate clubs for racquet
sports, gymnastics and indoor bowls are
unaffected by the 2010 developments.
Four existing facilities, however, will be
demolished by 2012: Percy Norman Pool, The building’s curves blend with the un-
Riley Park Rink and Community Centre, dulating terrain of Queen Elizabeth Park
a changing block for outdoor sports and but the outstanding feature is the co-or-
Vancouver Curling Club’s facility. dinated planning between the Vancouver
Parks Board, the Vancouver Organizing
2010 and legacy uses Committee for the 2010 Olympic and
The Olympic Curling venue was com- Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) and
pleted in December 2008. The City of architects Hughes, Condon Marler, with
Vancouver has taken the opportunity to local sporting interests – putting com-
Canada Hockey Place
create a new aquatics centre, which will munity legacy at the forefront from the
open in summer 2010, alongside the curl- outset. This will enable post-Olympic con-
ing venue. It has an eight-lane 50m pool version to the highest standards.
and an outdoor pool. The curling venue S
outh east of downtown Vancou-
ver, this 1995 Arena, also called
GM Place, hosts 100 events annu-
will be converted into a full-sized ice rink About the rink ally and has 19,300 seats. Additional
and eight curling rinks. The club will gain A purpose-built competition curling locker rooms are the only upgrade.
three more rinks and instead of ice on facility has been created which should
a sand floor in a 60-year-old building, it meet the highest expectations of the About the rink
will have perfect ice on a concrete pad. sport. Air currents are critical where Ice hockey fixtures will be shared be-
The new building will include a com- even body heat from spectators gener- tween Thunderbird Arena and Canada
munity centre, an aerobics studio, a ates flows. Placing the 5,600 seats on Hockey Place. The 2010 Games will be
fitness centre and childcare facilities. both sides, not one, will reduce these. played on narrower National Hockey
League rinks at 61m x 26m rather than
the usual Olympic size of 61m x 30m.
UBC Thunderbird Arena The difference is estimated to have
saved C$10m (£6m) of conversion costs
at Canada Hockey Place.
Pacific Coliseum
T
he Coliseum in Hastings Park, which
will host short-track speed skating
and figure skating is more than 40
years’ old. It has received replacement
seating creating a 14,200 capacity, an
expansion of the ice surface, some im-
provements to the ice plant and heating
and ventilation and washroom upgrades.
T
he University of British Columbia artificial ice in both the player and After the Games, it will continue as an
had four ice rinks, of which three penalty boxes to aid transition to the events arena for hockey, ice shows, box-
were demolished, leaving the 1963 competition surface and plexiglass ing, basketball, concerts and trade and
Bauer Arena. Two new rinks have been panels in the boards for better specta- consumer shows.
constructed and will host ice hockey and tor viewing of sledge hockey.
sledge hockey during the Games.
The Olympic venue will have 6,800 Legacy
seats with generously sized changing The tight plan of the three rinks al-
rooms warmed under-floor by heat re- lows maximum flexibility to use one
covered from refrigeration. facility with its ancillary accommoda-
The principal architecture and interior tion or more than one for a larger
design were done by Kasian, working tournament. The venue will become
with design-build contractor Bird Con- a recreational and high performance
struction. Interesting features include multi-sport venue.
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