The Doug, UBC Thunderbird Arena | |
Former names | UBC Winter Sports Centre |
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Location | University Endowment Lands, British Columbia, Canada |
Coordinates | 49°15′39.98″N 123°14′35.00″W / 49.2611056°N 123.2430556°W |
Capacity | Ice hockey: 7,500 Concerts: 8,000 |
Construction | |
Broke ground | April 2006 |
Opened | July 7, 2008 |
Construction cost | C$47.8 million |
Architect | Kasian Architecture |
Tenants | |
UBC Thunderbirds (U Sports) (2008–present) 2010 Winter Olympics 2016 CIS Men's Basketball Championship Vancouver Canucks (Practice Facility) |
The Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre (formerly UBC Winter Sports Centre, also known as UBC Thunderbird Arena) is a LEED Silver certified indoor arena in Greater Vancouver, on the campus of the University of British Columbia. Located in the University Endowment Lands, it is just outside the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia. The arena is home to the UBC Thunderbirds men's and women's ice hockey teams, and contains one international-size 61 m × 30 m (200 ft × 98.4 ft) ice rink.