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Outstanding Vancouver convention facilities
Vancouver's downtown convention hotels offer a wonderful selection of meeting and convention facilities combined with exceptional accommodations. With over 13,000 hotel guestrooms downtown, and over 24,000 guestrooms
Vancouver's downtown convention hotels offer a wonderful selection of meeting and convention facilities combined with exceptional accommodations. With over 13,000 hotel guestrooms downtown, and over 24,000 guestrooms in Greater Vancouver, these properties offer service levels and product quality second to none.
Select from one of the following for outstanding Vancouver convention facilities:
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Vancouver Convention Centre
Located on Vancouver's urban waterfront with a dramatic mountain backdrop, the award-winning Vancouver Convention Centre offers one of the most beautiful settings in the world. The addition of the West Building in April 2009 tripled the facility's capacity, for a combined total of 471,000 ft2 (43,800 m2) of flexible meeting, exhibition, ballroom and plenary space. This, along with a strong sustainability mandate, unparalleled technical service and culinary excellence, will ensure that your event is nothing less than remarkable.
www.vancouverconventioncentre.com
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BC Place Stadium BC Place
Canada's largest multi-purpose sports, exhibition & entertainment facility can accommodate 60,000 with exhibit space from 75,000 to 247,000 sq ft. This air-supported domed stadium is home to the CFL BC Lions Football team. And for those who want to be part of the action, BC Place is home to the province's largest trade and consumer shows - from cars to boats, industry to gardens, gifts to the great outdoors.
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- BC Place Conceive. Believe. Behold. Imagine attending an event at BC Place under a clear, beautiful sky. In 2011, BC Place will unveil an innovative, energy-saving retractable roof. A world-class venue since the raising of its air-supported dome in 1983, BC Place will continue to make history with a modern state-of-the-art, sustainable design.
Nestled in the heart of one of the most beautiful, pristine, and active cities in the world, Vancouver, British Columbia, BC Place is a place where the community comes to live their dreams. As home to some of the greatest moments in BC's sports history and future host of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies, at BC Place, Big Dreams Live Here.
With great size, comes great versatility. Imagine, in just a few hours, BC Place can be converted from a football stadium packed with 60,000 screaming BC Lions fans to a concert bowl party for Madonna.
BC Place is also home to the province's largest trade and consumer shows including the Vancouver International Boat Show, BC Home and Garden Show and Pacific International Auto Show. With major events happening over 200 days each year, BC Place truly is a place where dreams come alive.
BC Place provides the crucial link of bringing the province's events and spectators together, while fulfilling its mandate of economic generation. Beyond the invaluable community benefit of events like the Vancouver Sun Run, the amount of economic impact generated by the venue by fiscal year end 2007 was $58.1 million. The renovation of BC Place, set for completion in 2011, will bring new and exciting business opportunities and expanded revenue.
www.bcplace.com
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General Motors Place
Situated in the heart of Vancouver's entertainment district, General Motors Place is home to the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL, Vancouver Ravens of the NLL and an endless list of concerts and events as one of the most active entertainment venues in North America. This multi-purpose arena can host a variety of events.
www.canucks.com/gm
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