Our guide to BC Place in Vancouver, home stadium of the Vancouver Whitecaps and BC Lions, includes information on events, tickets, parking, nearby hotels, capacity, seating and more. Read on to find out how to get the most out of your gameday experience.

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In its more than 40 years of existence, Vancouver’s BC Place stadium has seen quite a bit — not just in the local and Canadian national sports scene, but in events of international significance at home.

The stadium has served as the home of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League since its opening, and has also hosted the Grey Cup (the CFL’s equivalent of the Super Bowl) numerous times.

Meanwhile, the Vancouver Whitecaps of Major League Soccer began play in 2011, making BC Place its home. It’s the second soccer franchise with the Whitecaps name to play at the stadium, continuing a long tradition of soccer here.

Fans of international soccer will certainly recall that BC Place hosted the final of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, a memorable United States romp over Japan that produced at least one enduring meme.

The stadium is also set to host seven matches during the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, including two group-stage matches for tournament co-host Canada and two in the knockout round.

And don’t forget that BC Place took center stage at the 2010 Winter Olympics as the site of the opening and closing ceremonies. It even has hosted an NHL hockey game, when the Vancouver Canucks were the home team in the 2014 Heritage Classic.

With all of that in its history, BC Place still has plenty to look forward to, from the Whitecaps and BC Lions to more big events to come.

Looking for BC Place event tickets? Search events on VividSeats.

Getting to BC Place

BC Place occupies a prominent spot on the eastern edge of downtown Vancouver, with Rogers Arena — the home venue of the NHL’s Canucks — just across the street. Various other attractions and historic areas are easily reachable within the surrounding blocks (more on that below).

BC Place sits alongside Georgia Street, a major thoroughfare that travels one way eastbound and becomes elevated as it passes by the stadium. If you’re staying in a downtown Vancouver hotel, you might find that getting to BC Place is a fairly easy walk depending on where exactly you’re staying.

The downtown area is notoriously tough on those coming in via car, so if you’d rather avoid the traffic hassle, you’ve got a couple options.

Two lines of Vancouver’s SkyTrain rapid transit system run near the stadium. The Stadium-Chinatown station on the Expo Line is the closest stop, one block to the northeast along Dunsmuir Avenue. A little farther away, Yaletown-Roundhouse is the closest station on the Canada Line, about six blocks southwest.

Fancy taking a boat to an event at BC Place? You can thanks to the stadium’s proximity to False Creek, the body of water that separates downtown from points to the south.

Boats that provide transportation along False Creek, including the Aquabus and False Creek Ferries, operate routes that stop at the Plaza of Nations, just south of the stadium.

These boats are particularly handy if you’re coming from Granville Island, home of the popular market that draws locals and tourists daily.

Parking at the stadium

There are a handful of small surface parking lots next to BC Place, mostly along Pacific Boulevard, the street that runs between the stadium and the Plaza of Nations.

Meanwhile, numerous private parking structures in the downtown area will offer event parking, with rates dependent on the event and the proximity to the stadium.

BC Place maintains a map of available parking areas near the venue.

Vancouver hotels near the stadium

• JW Marriott Parq Vancouver – 0.2 miles away
• The Douglas, Autograph Collection – 0.2 miles away
• Sandman Signature Vancouver Downtown Hotel – 0.2 miles away
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Map of downtown Vancouver

Check out rates for hotels near BC Place below.

Things to do around BC Place

With both BC Place and Rogers Arena nearby, the downtown area as well as the surrounding Yaletown and Chinatown districts will contain plenty of restaurants and bars that cater to the sports event crowd.

In terms of proximity, the JW Marriott Parq Vancouver hotel property that lies adjacent to the south side of the stadium contains a handful of bars and eateries that serve as good pre-event meeting points for fans heading to BC Place.

If you don’t mind hanging out a little farther away, check out lively Robson Street, considered one of the city’s top shopping and dining streets. The street, which runs the length of downtown all the way to Stanley Park, ends at the foot of BC Place.

A few blocks away from the stadium, Yaletown is typically full of nighttime activity whether there’s an event going on or not, particularly in the restaurants and bars along Hamilton and Mainland streets. The district stretches for several blocks and is also home to a number of high-rise residences.

On the other side of Rogers Arena lie the Chinatown and Gastown districts, both of which are good to find popular restaurants — many of the ethnic variety — as well as sports bars that are favorites with locals.

If you’re interested in taking in a little regional sports history, you can check out the BC Sports Hall of Fame, located on the northwest side of BC Place at Gate A. The museum is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 am to 5 pm, though hours could be affected by events at the stadium.

For more on visiting Vancouver, check out our Vancouver sports travel guide.

Vancouver restaurants near the stadium

• Fanny Bay Oyster Bar & Shellfish Market – seafood, 0.2 miles away
• Lupo Restaurant – Italian, 0.3 miles away
• The Keg Steakhouse + Bar – steakhouse, 0.3 miles away
Search for more Vancouver restaurants on Tripadvisor.

Watching a game at BC Place

Many fans will approach the stadium via the plaza at the end of Robson Street. Named Terry Fox Plaza, it’s marked by four statues of Terry Fox, a Canadian national hero who grew up in the Vancouver metro area.

However, there are gates all around the stadium perimeter and fans can enter at any of them.

Fans with long memories might remember that BC Place was once a fully enclosed stadium with an air-supported roof, similar to the Metrodome in Minneapolis. However, like the Metrodome, BC Place’s roof suffered a collapse in 2007 due to accumulated snow.

Subsequent renovations to the facility included the installation of a cable-supported, retractable roof, giving it the familiar exterior look it has now with numerous stanchions protruding out of the top. The revolving gates that helped maintain the air pressure necessary to support the old roof were also removed in favor of more conventional entrance doors.

Inside, the roof is frequently open for Whitecaps matches during the spring and summer months. The open-air portion is above a feature that’s unusual for stadiums of BC Place’s size: An overhead videoboard, also installed during the renovation in the early 2010s. It’s the second-largest of its kind among North American venues, behind the one at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Beyond those unique features, BC Place is a fairly standard three-tier stadium with upper and lower seating bowls and a club level for suites and premium hospitality areas. The venue was set to undergo another renovation in the lead-up to the 2026 World Cup, but mostly to improve the premium spaces.

Note that for Whitecaps matches, the upper deck of BC Place is typically closed, reducing the capacity to around 22,000. It is sometimes opened for high-demand matches, such as when the Whitecaps hosted an MLS Cup playoff match in 2025.

Food and drink at the stadium

BC Place’s food options consist of typical stadium fare, along with several more adventurous options such as Korean fried chicken, salmon burgers and a mac-and-cheese bar. The nationwide Canadian chain Pizza Pizza operates stands here, giving BC Place at least one familiar brand name.

More basic staples such as hot dogs, nachos and popcorn, as well as some beer selections, are sold as part of a $5-and-under menu introduced several years back.

Dawson’s Hot Dogs, with booths at several locations on the concourse, is a popular choice, and it recently opened a sister stand called Dawson’s Deluxe that offers gourmet dogs made of Wagyu beef, pork or chorizo.

BC Place also has automated ice cream machines as well as “just walk out” concession stands in various spots on the concourse.

The stadium also recently introduced a reusable cup program in an aim to reduce waste at events.

Original publish date: April 24, 2026

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