Editing 1990 NHL entry draft (section)

==Venue==
[[File:Pacificcoliseum.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Pacific Coliseum was the originally intended venue for the Draft]]
The 1990 NHL entry draft was originally scheduled to be held at the [[Pacific Coliseum]], the home arena of the host [[Vancouver Canucks]] located on the site of the [[Pacific National Exhibition]] (PNE).<ref name="Coliseum">{{cite news|last=Banks|first=David|title=Problem perused by NHL|work=[[The Province]]|date=1990-06-08|page=64}}</ref> However, the [[Canadian Union of Public Employees]] union representing the PNE employees—CUPE Local 1004—threatened to strike June 15, one day before the draft.<ref name="Coliseum"/><ref name="strike">{{cite news|last=Bell|first=Stewart|title=NHL draft at PNE faces strike threat; Hockey draft under the gun|work=[[The Vancouver Sun]]|date=1990-06-07|page=B2}}</ref> Consequently, the NHL and the Canucks decided to move the draft to [[BC Place]] in order to avoid the potential strike and issues of public access to the venue.<ref name="draftmove">{{cite news|last=Beamish|first=Mike|title=NHL moving draft to B.C. Place Stadium|newspaper=The Vancouver Sun|date=1990-06-09|page=F2}}</ref> In addition to BC Place, the [[University of British Columbia]], the [[Vancouver Convention Centre]] and the [[Hyatt Regency Vancouver]] were also considered as replacement venues.<ref name="draftmove"/>

The Canucks had estimated that 10,000 spectators would attend the draft, which had free admission.<ref name="draftmove"/> However, holding the venue in a higher capacity venue allowed for that estimate to nearly double, with 19,127 spectators—a then record for attendance at an NHL entry draft—attending the draft.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kerr|first=Grant|title=Nordiques gamble on tough guy Nolan|work=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]]|date=1990-06-17|page=C4}}</ref>