Vancouver Stadium Roof

Rogers arena is a multi purpose arena located at 800 griffiths way in the downtown area of vancouver british columbia canada opened in 1995 the arena was known as general motors place gm place from its opening until july 6 2010 when general motors canada ended its naming rights sponsorship and a new agreement for those rights was reached with rogers communications.

Vancouver stadium roof. The retractable roof to be modeled on a design now used in frankfurt germany is part of a larger overhaul of bc place that vancouver hopes will land the city a major league soccer franchise. The roof of bc place stadium is open before the match between the vancouver whitecaps and sporting kansas city at bc place on july 13 2019 in vancouver canada. But most importantly bc place is able to hold events in comfort with a year round events schedule. The stadium opened on june 19 1983 and was built as an indoor structure with an air supported roof the largest of its kind in the world upon its opening.

With the roof closed the building operates as a fully conditioned indoor venue. The new roof primary structure is a radial cable net with a fixed stationary roof and a retractable foldable roof portion. Bc place is located at 777 pacific blvd vancouver. Photo by devin manky icon sportswire via getty images photo by devin manky icon sportswire via getty images icon sportswire icon sportswire.

The new roof replaced the original air supported stadium roof. Originally erected as the world s largest air supported stadium in 1983 the stadium was reinvented and modernized in 2011 as a year round open air facility with a cable supported retractable roof the biggest of its kind in the world. The cable supported fabric roof is the largest of its kind in the world designed and engineered specifically for vancouver s climate following rigorous engineering and architectural studies. Following the 2010 winter olympics bc place was closed for 16 months as part of an extensive revitalization the centrepiece of which was replacing the inflatable roof with a retractable roof supported by cables.

The retractable roof over bc place is truly a technological marvel transforming british columbia s largest and most versatile venue into a busier and more exciting place to host world class events. This trio of towers will conceal much of the only skyline views of bc place stadium and its iconic 2011 built roof with the ever changing northern lights display and the dazzling system of catenary lights suspended high over the fabric roof.