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    Default Fans Visiting Vancouver - Information.

    Arena Name
    Pacific Coliseum, located at the PNE Fairgrounds.
    Arena opens 1 hr. prior to game start time.

    Seating:
    Lower bowl is 7,000, with the upper bowl open it seats 16,000 apx.
    Visting Team Defends Section A twice, Giants Defend Section N Twice.
    Benches are sections G/H. G is behind the visitors bench.
    Penalty boxs are sections U/T. Section U is behind visitors box.
    Upper bowl sections are designated by numbers, 110,111 etc, Lower Bowl by Letters.

    Ticket Prices:
    Golds, 18$,
    Reds, 16$.
    Lots of scalpers around the arena, never had to buy from them but, if you want you can get some from them, or thru Ticketmaster or the Gaints Box Office.
    Lately the team has been averaging about 9,000 fans give or take. The Arena Drapes off the unused sections.
    There are a number of different deals click the link for details
    http://www.vancouvergiants.com/tickets.htm


    Parking:
    6.50$
    Lot 7, the one to the North of the coliseum and the closest, is reserved for Season Ticket Holders.
    I recommend Lot 9 - Park as close to the Ticket Booth as possible, as a LOT of cars exit form this Lot as it goes straight to the Highway. The Extra time spent walking to the rink will save you 1/2 hr to 45 mins. getting out of there depending on the crowd.
    You can buy parking in driveways from some residents usually about 5$. All the street parking near the rink is Restricted to residents only.
    Traffic can get very congested very quickly around the PNE, I recommend trying to ge to the rink about a 1/2hr prior to the game. CKNW 980 does Traffic reports every ten minutes, if you are curious.
    A couple maps can be found here.
    http://www.pne.bc.ca/events/gethere/index.html

    Food and Spirits:
    Standard Arena Fair, gee they have White Spots right inside, I wonder why?
    Beer sold by tickets, and you are allowed to drink in the stands, except in the Family Sections. I believe the Family Sectiona are Sections L and Y. I reccomend buying all your beer drinking tickets in advance as the lineups form fast. All beer sales stop after the 2nd Intermission.
    All smoking outside, you are NOT allowed to take your beer outside with you when you go for a Smoke. If you are really sensitive to Cigarette smoke you may want to stay away from Section A,B,Y,Z as the smoking area is right near these sections and the smoke has a tendency to blow in from outside into these areas.

    Concourse Movement and Flow
    On nights with the large Crowds (10k+), the concourse gets filled up really quickly and the lineups for eveything are insane. However, you can head downstairs to get your beer and visit the little hockey fans room. There is usually no-one down there at all. Even though there is a large sign above the staircase saying Beer, people dont seem to believe it. The Staircases to downstairs are on the Penalty Box side of the Rink. Sections V/U.

    Oher stuff inside:
    Souvenirs - Right by the main entrance.
    Bank machines - Multiple units around the rink. They are "cash in a box" machines, so expect service charges. The lineup for it gets real bad real quick.

    Accomodation
    Holiday Inn North Vancouver - About 10 mins. Driving from the Rink, just have to cross the bridge.
    http://www.hinorthvancouver.com

    Holiday Inn Express - Right by the rink, a 5 minute walk from the main entrance.
    http://www.hievancouver.com/

    Things To do Around the Rink
    To be honest, not much. Head downtown.

    Signage, Noisemakers, Flags etc.
    To be honest the PNE is very good about allowing all of this stuff into the Arena, they seem to allow everything and anything into the rink as long as it isn't an obvious weapon. I havent heard of anyone being told they cant bring things into the arena. I do believe they make people check Backpacks etc. Just use a bit of common sense with your signage etc.

    I'll update, with more info as I think of it.


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