The new PNE amphitheatre surges to almost $184M

 https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/price-tag-for-new-pne-amphitheatre-surges-to-almost-184m 

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/pne-amphitheatre-budget-nearly-tripled-host-vancouver-fifa-world-cup-festival

Soccer Lease negotiations between Whitecaps and BC Place at an impasse

https://www.biv.com/news/real-estate/lease-negotiations-between-whitecaps-bc-place-at-impasse-mls-boss-11463132

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/real-estate/lease-negotiations-between-whitecaps-bc-place-at-impasse-mls-boss-11463132 

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/04/mls-boss-garber-says-vancouver-whitecaps-cant-grow-without-better-stadium-deal/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-whitecaps-new-stadium-1.7503283

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-whitecaps-stadium-pne-hastings-park 

https://theprovince.com/sports/soccer/mls/vancouver-whitecaps/mls-misrepresenting-whitecaps-stadium-availability-bc-place

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-whitecaps-pne-stadium-city-mayor 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitecaps_Waterfront_Stadium

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/waterfront-stadium-hearing-draws-large-vancouver-crowd-1.597328# 

https://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/waterfront-stadium-could-be-dramatic-beautiful-spectacular-province 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/waterfront-stadium-report-details-problems-with-site-1.583012 

https://vancouverplanning.ca/our-work/projects/vancouvers-downtown-waterfront/central-waterfront-hub/

Hastings Community Park and Hastings Park

https://www.chatterblock.com/resources/21262/hastings-community-park-vancouver-bc

Unfortunatly, there hasn't been a proper big city vision to have Hastings+Community+Park with a modern indoor & outside swimming pool and water park. This would have provided a nice entertainment counterpart to Hastings+Park and the PNE.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/128486813979056/posts/2439474772880237/ 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/128486813979056/posts/2361647837329598/ 

https://covapp.vancouver.ca/parkfinder/ParkDetail.aspx?inparkid=73 , https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/hastings-community-centre.aspx , https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/templeton-pool.aspx , https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/britannia-pool.aspx

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/vancouver-outdoor-pools-1939122  

https://www.pne.ca/hastings-park-access

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/hastings-park-the-next-decade-and-next-century-at-the-east-van-jewel  

https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/hot-button-hastings-parks-future/

https://vancouversun.com/news/casino-soccer-stadium-or-green-space-battle-hastings-park-back

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Hastings+Community+Park+and+Hastings+Park

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=swimming+pools

Pacific National Exhibition (PNE)

The Pacific_National_Exhibition, which is in Hastings+Park, should have been much bigger and better by now, but this is watered down Vancouver. https://www.pne.ca/hastings-park-access , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Park

https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pacific-national-exhibition-pne

https://www.pne.ca/about-us/history-legacy 

Generations ago, one could take a streetcar to the PNE. Of course it's still possible at the CNE.

https://vancouversun.com/news/this-week-in-history-1890-vancouver-gets-cutting-edge-with-an-electric-streetcar-and-light-system 

https://montecristomagazine.com/community/vancouvers-forgotten-streetcars#gsc.tab=0

https://kumtuks.ca/streetcars-and-metro-vancouver/

https://macleans.ca/culture/i-started-working-at-the-pacific-national-exhibition-when-i-was-12-it-was-a-wild-ride/

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/brief-history-of-pne-playland-1935285 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pne-history-photos-vancouver  

https://604now.com/history-pne-vancouver-bc/ 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/heres-how-many-people-attended-the-pne-this-year (2024)

https://vancouversun.com/news/pne-draws-nearly-638000-people-the-highest-since-the-pandemic

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pne-fair-attendance-2024

https://www.chronicallyvintage.com/2014/08/a-vintage-photo-filled-look-at-history.html

https://evelazarus.com/the-pne-then-and-now 

https://www.echostories.com/backstory/pne-anniversary-book/

Unfortunatly, it hasn't always been a fun place.

https://hastingspark1942.ca/

https://hastingspark1942.ca/buildings-overview/

https://hastingspark1942.ca/history/momiji-gardens/

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=PNE 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Hastings+Community+Park+and+Hastings+Park

The new PNE amphitheatre

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/freedom-mobile-arch-pne-amphitheatre-mass-timber-roof-construction-final-milestone

The Calgary Stampede (TCS)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_Stampede

 https://calgary.citynews.ca/2025/06/25/win-ride-all-day-passes-to-the-calgary-stampede/

https://dailyhive.com/calgary/early-liquor-service-calgary-stampede-2025

https://www.todocanada.ca/cne-calgary-stampede-ranked-best-10-fairs-in-north-america 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_Stampede#Stampede_Park

TCS attracts more people than the PNE, but not quite as many people as the CNE

Playland and the PNE

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/playland-weekend-opening-wild-mouse

https://kumtuks.ca/streetcars-and-metro-vancouver/

https://scoutmagazine.ca/how-to-find-the-old-streetcar-scars-of-east-van/

https://buzzer.translink.ca/2017/04/from-rails-to-rubber-a-look-back-at-the-regions-transition-from-streetcars-to-buses/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/256850977796478/posts/3032980890183459/

https://montecristomagazine.com/community/vancouvers-forgotten-streetcars

https://stephenrees.blog/2008/03/11/vancouver-to-rebuild-granville-island-streetcar-route/

https://stephenrees.blog/2010/01/15/sneak-preview-inside-the-olympic-line-%E2%80%93-vancouver%E2%80%99s-2010-streetcar/

https://stephenrees.blog/2010/03/22/vancouver-says-goodbye-to-olympic-streetcar/

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-olympic-line-streetcar-future

https://buzzer.translink.ca/2015/08/a-history-of-the-14-hastings-in-vancouver-an-interview-with-planner-peter-klitz-about-the-iconic-bus-route/

While backwards Vancouver was so quick to get rid of its streetcars & tram-trains, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, New Orleans, SF, Portland, Seattle & especially Melbourne, retained or revived some of their lines.

https://transittoronto.ca/archives/weblog/2024/08/14-lets_go_--.shtml 

Playland and the PNE in Vancouver, BC

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/playland-2025-season

https://www.pne.ca/about-us/hastings-park-master-plan/

Unlike the CNE, various small-town agenda types have tried to reduce or even dismantle the PNE over the decades. Fortunately, the PNE has been gradually been able to build itself up to something more than just a backwater county fair. There seems to be a multigenerational mentality to perpetuate a, NO FUN VANCOUVER agenda. Fortunately, this horrible backwards mentality hasn't been able to catch on with most cities around the world.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/playland-redevelopment-expansion-pne-plan-update-long-term

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Hastings+Park

Vancouver Whitecaps in talks on building a new PNE stadium

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-whitecaps-stadium-pne-hastings-park

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Hastings+Park

pne-amphitheatre-new-design

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pne-amphitheatre-new-design

pne-playland-significant-announcement

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pne-playland-significant-announcement

PNE and Hastings Park over the-next-decade-and-the next-century

 https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/hastings-park-the-next-decade-and-next-century-at-the-east-van-jewel

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/special-vancouver-deserves-a-better-playland-and-pne

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pne-wooden-coaster-renovation

https://www.pne.ca/files/uploads/2019/09/aerial2019_71web.jpg

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/iconic-challenger-relief-map-returns-to-the-pne

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Hastings+Park

g challenger-map-at pne

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/campaign-challenger-map-pne

Cultus Lake Waterpark owner interested in acquiring Playland

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pne-playland-financial-assistance-cultus-lake

playland-redevelopment-theme-park-pne

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/playland-redevelopment-theme-park-pne

the-fair-at-the-pne-records-lowest-attendance-in-a-decade

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/09/the-fair-at-the-pne-records-lowest-attendance-in-a-decade/

Vancouver, BC

The Honda Celebration of Light is not only Vancouver's biggest event, but it's also the largest offshore fireworks competition in the world and attracts up to 400,000 spectators along English Bay each evening. Owned by the Not For Profit Vancouver Fireworks Festival Society, 2014 marks the 24th consecutive year of the event, which contributes in excess of $39 million in incremental tourism and hospitality spending each year. 
http://hondacelebrationoflight.com/p/about

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/07/23/vancouver-fireworks-celebration-of-light_n_5614350.html

http://604now.com/2014/07/best-places-to-watch-the-vancouver-celebration-of-light

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/07/watch-celebration-light-fireworks-vancouver

http://vancouver.about.com/od/vancouverevents/p/fireworks.htm

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/07/tourism-growth-vancouver-surges-banner-years-expected-2014-2015
http://604now.com/2014/07/top-10-summer-attractions-for-tourists-in-vancouver,
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/06/canada-day-fireworks-vancouver-2014,
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/07/opinion-pne-playland-need-a-makeover

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/07/11/red-algae-burrard-inlet-english-bay_n_5577899.html

Old Van
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKHVHG2VhZc