Vancouver Stadium Roof

The cable supported fabric roof is the largest of its kind in the world designed and engineered specifically for vancouver s climate following rigorous engineering and architectural studies.

Vancouver stadium roof.

The roof of bc place stadium is open before the match between the vancouver whitecaps and sporting kansas city at bc place on july 13 2019 in vancouver canada. The retractable roof over bc place is truly a technological marvel transforming british columbia s largest and most versatile venue into a busier and more exciting place to host world class events. The new roof primary structure is a radial cable net with a fixed stationary roof and a retractable foldable roof portion. This trio of towers will conceal much of the only skyline views of bc place stadium and its iconic 2011 built roof with the ever changing northern lights display and the dazzling system of catenary lights suspended high over the fabric roof.

Vancouver bc july 13. The new roof replaced the original air supported stadium roof. Photo by devin manky icon sportswire via getty images photo by devin manky icon sportswire via getty images icon sportswire icon sportswire. But most importantly bc place is able to hold events in comfort with a year round events schedule.

Bc place is located at 777 pacific blvd vancouver. Following the 2010 winter olympics bc place was closed for 16 months as part of an extensive revitalization the centrepiece of which was replacing the inflatable roof with a retractable roof supported by cables. But with the project s approved form it comes at a great cost to the city s recently gained visual identity. With the roof closed the building operates as a fully conditioned indoor venue.

The retractable roof to be modeled on a design now used in frankfurt germany is part of a larger overhaul of bc place that vancouver hopes will land the city a major league soccer franchise. The new roof covers a multi purpose canadian football stadium seating 60 000.