Make your #VancouverComeBack by supporting the Vancouver Whitecaps and your favourite local establishments! Teaming up to support the #VancouverComeBack initiative, MLS is Back Tournament matches are now available to watch at local pub partners in the city. Continue reading:
Excited for the Vancouver Whitecaps games next week? Here are 14 restaurants and bars with live screenings.
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Sports Season Has Arrived! Here’s Where to Watch the Game in Vancouver
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Cold weather and shorter days are perfect excuses to build a blanket fort, grab a growler and switch on the game – or, even better, to join fellow sports fans at a rousing bar or restaurant whose love of game day translates to unbeatable deals, massive and plentiful TVs, and engaging experiences with an unparalleled electricity. Whether you’re a fierce Lions fan, loyal Canucks supporter, diehard UFC champion, European soccer reveler, or simply desire to surround yourself with an exciting vibe while warding off the winter chill, you’ll find your new sports family at one of the venues below. Jerseys and face paint optional. Continue reading:
Sports Season Has Arrived! Here’s Where to Watch the Game in Vancouver
Shorter Beer Lines at Canucks Game? Rogers Arena Set to Expand
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With the start of hockey season still a few months away, Canucks fans already have something to cheer about.
Rogers Arena, notorious as one of the “coziest” arenas in the NHL, is about to get a little more elbow room.
Opened in 1995, Rogers was designed to fit between the existing Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts in downtown Vancouver. As a result, the stadium has a relatively small footprint. This creates great intimacy inside the 18,630-seat arena. (There’s hardly a bad seat in the house.) But it also means that the concourse and concession areas are often jam-packed during intermission.
But the intermission rush hour and mile-long washroom lines may be a thing of the past by the 2014-2015 season. Continue reading:
Shorter Beer Lines at Canucks Game? Rogers Arena Set to Expand
Best Sports bar in Vancouver? You make the call!
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The NHL may still be locked out, but the NFL and CFL seasons are heating up and NBA action is just starting. For Vancouver sports lovers who enjoy a brew, wings and the company of cheering fans, this means one thing: the search for the perfect sports bar is on.
I’ve searched high and low, and I still haven’t found a truly great sports bar in the city – a place that brings together all the ingredients needed for a perfect game night. So I’d like to turn this over to you.
What’s the best sports bar in Vancouver and why? Please share your favourites below.
So just what goes into the perfect sports bar? The way I see it, there are a few key elements:
- Screen Space: Let me start with the obvious. A good sports bar has to have big screen TVs – lots of ’em. Every seat in the house needs to be a good seat, with a clear view of the action. And in 2012, it’s just no longer acceptable to be showing the game on grainy projection screens. HDTVs are the only way to go. Continue reading:
Best Sports bar in Vancouver? You make the call!
