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UBC Winter Sports Centre
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Location: University of British Columbia
Distance from Vancouver Olympic Village: 13 km
Venue Capacity: 7,000
Elevation: 90 m
Venue Description
UBC is a sprawling, ocean-side university campus on Vancouver’s west side, well served by public transport. Ice Hockey and Ice Sledge Hockey will be hosted at the UBC Winter Sports Centre, with Ice Hockey also taking place at General Motors Place.
Construction Update
VANOC has secured an agreement from UBC to locate the new Centre on the site of the existing Thunderbird Winter Sport Complex. The redevelopment includes the refurbishing of the existing competition arena and the construction of two new rinks, one of which will be used in training, the other, a 7,000-seat competition facility. Construction began in April 2006 and will be completed by Spring 2008.
Post-Games Use
Following the Games, the venue will become a recreational and high-performance multi-sport legacy facility. The new training arena will be easily convertible to ice sledge hockey training and competition.
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