BC Place
Vancouver, Canada
54,500
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Commonwealth Stadium, 56,302
BC Place in Vancouver was a venue of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and of the 2010 Winter Olympics, and it is counted among the Olympic stadiums. It is one of 48 stadiums on this site with a retractable roof.
It opened in 1983. It is the 3rd-largest of the 14 listed stadiums in Canada. Its capacity equals 12.2% of the combined capacity of the listed stadiums in Canada. The nearest listed stadium is Husky Stadium, 190 km away.
- Listed for
- Canadian football and football
- Tenants
- BC Lions, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Canada men's national soccer team, Canada women's national soccer team
- Surface
- Artificial turf
- Roof
- Retractable roof
- Position
- 49.28° N, 123.11° W
Where it stands in Canada
- Commonwealth Stadium1,802 more56,302
- Olympic Stadium, Montreal1,540 more56,040
- BC Place54,500
- Rogers Centre15,350 fewer39,150
- McMahon Stadium19,100 fewer35,400
- Mosaic Stadium21,150 fewer33,350
- 8 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Owner
- Province of British Columbia
- Operator
- BC Pavilion Corporation
- Architect
- Studio Phillips Barratt Stantec Architecture
- Recorded construction cost
- A$ 356 million
- Record attendance
- 65,061 (2023)
- Opening order in Canada
- 6th of 14, earliest first
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 2011, more recent than 1 of the other 6 listed stadiums in Canada with such a year
- Compared with the median in Canada
- 1.8 times the median capacity of 30,347 across its 14 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1980s in Canada
- 2 of the 14 listed stadiums, this one included
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Husky Stadium, 190 km
Chronology
- 1983 Opened
- 2009 Renovated
- 2010 Winter Olympics venue
- 2011 Renovated
- 2026 FIFA World Cup venue
Nearest listed stadiums
- Husky Stadium · south72,132 places, opened 1920190.5 km
- Lumen Field · south68,740 places, opened 2002195.6 km
- T-Mobile Park · south47,368 places, opened 1999196.0 km
- Providence Park · south24,686 places, opened 1926418.8 km
- Reser Stadium · south35,548 places, opened 1953524.7 km
Source: Wikipedia, BC Place.