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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 01:32:00

Air Canada missed a naming-rights deadline by thirty minutes, so for fifteen years Vancouver's arena was The Garage. Rogers Arena at 800 Griffiths Way in downtown Vancouver opened on 21 September 1995 as General Motors Place, a 160-million-dollar, privately financed replacement for the Pacific Coliseum wedged between the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts. The building was the brainchild of Canucks owner Arthur Griffiths, built for the NHL club and the NBA's expansion Vancouver Grizzlies, who played...