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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.

Doug Mitchell
Thunderbird Sports Centre

The Doug, UBC Thunderbird Arena
Former names	UBC Winter Sports Centre
Location	University Endowment Lands, British Columbia, Canada
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 facility was built around an older ice hockey facility, the historic Father Bauer Arena, which opened in October 1963. This was named after the late Father David Bauer, who, together with Bob Hindmarch, established Canada's first national hockey team at UBC in 1963 in preparation for the 1964 Winter Olympics.[1][2] The UBC Thunderbird Arena replaced the Father Bauer Arena as the home of the UBC Thunderbirds ice hockey team. It is also the practice facility for Vancouver's NHL team, the Vancouver Canucks.

The main ice rink has 7,500 seats and can expand to 8,000 for concerts. The other rinks are Father Bauer Arena and Protrans Arena with spectator capacities of 980 and 200, respectively.[3][4]

Construction began in April 2006 with the refurbishment of the Father Bauer Arena and the addition of a new practice arena. The new stadium arena was opened on July 7, 2008.[5] On August 21, 2009, the Thunderbird Sports Centre was renamed Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in honour of Doug Mitchell, an UBC alumnus, lawyer, and amateur and professional sports leader.[6]

2010 Vancouver Olympics

The venue was used for several men's and women's ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and was used for sledge hockey in the 2010 Winter Paralympics.[7]

Davis Cup

The venue was used in Canada's first round draw against France in the Davis Cup in February 2012, and it was used again in February and April 2013 when Canada faced Spain and then Italy.

2014 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games

The 2014 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games were held in Vancouver and the university was the host venue for the competition being held from July 7 to 13, 2014. The Games featured athletes with an intellectual disability from across the country competing in eleven sports, ten of which were also qualifiers for the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Notable Events

Sodagreen - Meet again World Tour - 20 September 2015

A-Mei - Utopia World Tour - 29 November 2016

Joker Xue - Skyscraper World Tour - 3 November 2018

Olivia Rodrigo - Sour Tour - 7 April 2022

Carly Rae Jepsen - The So Nice Tour - October 29, 2022

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre

Das Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre ist eine Mehrzweckhalle auf dem Campus der University of British Columbia in den University Endowment Lands der kanadischen Stadt Vancouver, British Columbia. Früher trug die Sportarena die Namen UBC Thunderbird Arena oder UBC Winter Sports Centre.

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- [en] Thunderbird Sports Centre

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[fr] Centre des sports d'hiver UBC

Le Centre des sports d’hiver UBC[1] (ou Thunderbird Arena), est une salle de sport situé sur le campus de l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique, dans le secteur ouest de Vancouver en Colombie-Britannique, Canada. La patinoire est l'hôte de l'équipe de hockey des Thunderbirds de l'UCB. Le site a une capacité d'accueil de 7 200 places.

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