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Twelve concrete towers topped with thunderbirds by First Nations master Bill Reid hold up a roof suspended on cables - a 1967 stadium that doubles as public sculpture. Thunderbird Stadium at 6288 Stadium Road on the University of British Columbia campus opened on October 7, 1967. UBC alumnus architect Vladimir Plavsic designed the replacement for the aging Varsity Stadium, built for 1.24 million dollars in Canada's centennial year, with the graduating class of 1967 chipping in 5,000 dollars for...