| UBC Winter Sports Centre is located at the University of
British Columbia a sprawling, ocean-side university campus on Vancouver’s west
side. Home of the
UBC Thunderbirds
Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre
6066 Thunderbird Blvd.
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
phone: 604-822-6121
It is a new facility being built for the 2010 Winter Olympics and will be the
second venue of the Men's and Women's Ice Hockey Tournaments. It will also be
used for Men's Ice Sledge Hockey. The New Winter Sports Centre can hold 7200
fans.
Ice Hockey will also be taking place at
GM Place
Vancouver downtown.
The newly refurbishing Father Bauer rink arena and the construction of two new
rinks will become a recreational and high-performance multi-sport legacy
facility. The new training arena will be convertible to ice sledge hockey
training and competition. One will be used in training, and the other will be a
new 7,000-seat competition facility.
The women’s ice hockey tournament opens on the first day of the 2010 Winter
Games with the finals on Thursday, February 25. The men’s competition starts on
Tuesday, February 16. The men’s gold medal game is the final event on Sunday,
February 28.
2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver BC
Canada The Winter Games are getting closer we take a look at the venues and
what events they hold. The Games take place in Vancouver, Whistler, Richmond and
The North Shore. |
