UBC Thunderbird Arena

General Information

Venue Type: Competition
Location: University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Distance from Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver: 12 km
Venue Capacity: 7,200
Elevation: 90 m
Events taking place at this venue: Ice Hockey, Ice Sledge Hockey
Website: www.icerink.ubc.ca

Venue Description:
UBC is an ocean-side university campus on Vancouver’s west side that is well served by public transport. Ice Hockey and Ice Sledge Hockey will be hosted at the UBC Thunderbird Arena, with Ice Hockey also taking place at Canada Hockey Place.

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.

Construction Information

Construction Type: Renovation / New
Start Date: April 2006
End Date: Summer 2008 (Completed)
Construction Responsibility: University of British Columbia
Total Expected Expenses: $48.4 million
            VANOC: $38.4 million
            University of British Columbia: $9 million
            Rona: $1 million (Materials & Services)
General Contractor: Bird Construction

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 Summer 2008.

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