Canada won Olympic hockey games 13-1 and 10-1 in this building, and every sledge hockey match of the 2010 Paralympics was played on its ice. The Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre sits at 6066 Thunderbird Boulevard on the University of British Columbia's Point Grey campus in greater Vancouver. The site's hockey lineage begins in 1963, when the original winter sports centre opened and became the training home of Canada's first national hockey program, founded by Father David Bauer; the refurbished 900-seat arena bearing his name still operates within the complex. The modern building came from a C$47.8 million rebuild that broke ground in April 2006: Kasian Architecture designed a new stadium arena with just over 5,000 permanent seats, a practice rink, thirteen dressing rooms and a 6,000-square-foot multi-purpose room, opening on July 7, 2008 with LEED Silver certification. In August 2009 the facility was renamed for Doug Mitchell, the UBC alumnus, lawyer and sports leader, and six months later it hosted men's and women's ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics followed by the full Paralympic sledge hockey tournament. The everyday tenants are the UBC Thunderbirds men's and women's hockey teams, with the Vancouver Canucks using the complex as a practice facility; capacity stretches to about 7,000-7,500 for hockey and up to 8,000 for concerts with floor seating. The building's second act as an events venue has grown steadily - concerts, conventions and championships including the 2016 CIS men's hockey title and the 2025 U Sports men's and women's basketball championships - and the UBC Sports Hall of Fame lives on the concourse. Few campus rinks anywhere carry an Olympic pedigree; at UBC, students skate public sessions on ice that decided gold medals. The dual identity is the building's quiet strength: on a Friday the international-size rink hosts U Sports hockey in front of student sections, and weeks later the same floor carries a touring arena show - a flexibility the 2010 Games planners built in deliberately when they sized the bowl beyond varsity needs.

Type: Stadium / Arena

Address: 6066 Thunderbird Boulevard, Vancouver, Canada

Website: https://sportfacilities.ubc.ca/dmc/

Capacity: 7000

Opening Date: 07/07/2008

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