Hillcrest Centre

Hillcrest Centre
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Full nameHillcrest Centre
Former namesVancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre
Location4575 Clancy Loranger Way, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Capacity6,000[1]
Construction
Broke ground2007
Opened2009 (curling venue)
Expanded2011 (post-Games legacy facility)
Construction cost$39.05 million for the curling venue; an additional $48.8 million for post-Games conversion and Percy Norman Aquatic Centre[1]
ArchitectHughes Condon Marler Architects[1]
Tenants
Vancouver Curling Club (2011–present)

The Hillcrest Centre is a community centre with ice hockey, curling rinks, and an aquatics facility, located at Hillcrest Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Construction started in March 2007; it hosted the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships prior to the Olympics. During the 2010 Olympics, it was named the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre and had a capacity of 6,000 people to host curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics; for the 2010 Paralympics, it hosted the Wheelchair Curling event.[1][2]

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  2. ^ "Vancouver2010.com profile". Archived from the original on 2010-12-26. Retrieved 2010-09-28.