Completed in 1995, the General Motors Place turned into the home of the Vancouver Canucks. Known as the “GM Place” and “The Garage,” the arena has replaced the Pacific Coliseum as the main venue in Vancouver. Year Opened: 1995 Capacity: 18,422 Architect: Brisbin Brook Beynon Web Site: canucks.com Phone: 604/899-7400 Anchor Tenants: Vancouver Canucks (NHL) […]
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Young Arena / Waterloo Black Hawks
The parking lot in front of the arena was full 90 minutes before game time. In the lot, tailgaters wearing the home team jerseys were enjoying one of the few nice spring evenings the town had experienced. Across the street, at the Penalty Box Bar & Grill, a fan also wearing a jersey was talking […]
Thomas & Mack Center: Where’s the Las Vegas glitz?
By Dave Wright The NBA All-Star Game has always been a glitzy, star-studded affair. Like Major League Baseball, the NBA has understood for a long time that the players doing individual exploits — not the game itself — are the only selling points of the weekend. So, they set up a format in which players […]
