PNE Forum
| Exhibition Forum, PNE Forum, Vancouver Forum | |
| Location | North Renfrew Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V5K 3N7 |
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| Owner | City of Vancouver |
| Operator | City of Vancouver |
| Capacity |
Ice hockey: 5,050 until 1980 Concerts: 3,900 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1930 |
| Opened | 1931 |
| Renovated | 1943 by the Royal Canadian Army; est. 1980's to an exhibition facility. |
| Tenants | |
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Vancouver Canucks (PCHL) (1945–1951) |
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Vancouver Canucks (PCHL) (1945–1951)
Vancouver Canucks (WHL) (1952-1968)
Vancouver Burrards (WLA) (1938–1949)
The Forum (also known as the Exhibition Forum, Vancouver Forum and PNE Forum) is an indoor arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada located on the grounds of the Pacific National Exhibition.
The building became Vancouver's premier indoor sports facility in 1936 when the 10,500 seat Denman Arena burned to the ground and was not rebuilt. The arena had seating for 5,050 spectators for hockey and box lacrosse. Some of the other major spectator arenas in the area besides the Forum included the Kerrisdale Arena (Vancouver) and Queen's Park Arena (New Westminster).
It hosted the Pacific Coast Hockey League's and Western Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks from 1945 to 1968. In 1968 The WHL Canucks moved to the newly completed Pacific Coliseum which was located close by on the PNE grounds (the N.H.L. version of the Vancouver Canucks started play in 1970).
The Vancouver Burrards of the Intercity Lacrosse League later known as the Western Lacrosse Association played at the Forum from 1938 until 1949. The team left for Kerrisdale Arena for the 1950 season.
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