Editing Pacific Coliseum (section)

==Sports==
The arena hosted the fourth game of the 1972 [[Summit Series]] on September 8, when the [[Soviet Union national ice hockey team|Soviet Union]] defeated [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]] 5–3. In a famous post-game interview, [[Phil Esposito]] voiced his displeasure with the Vancouver crowd's reaction to their loss in an interview that was broadcast on national television.

The [[World Hockey Association|WHA]] [[Vancouver Blazers]] started playing at the Coliseum in 1973 when local businessman [[Jim Pattison]] bought the team from the [[Philadelphia Blazers]] ownership team. The team would last two years before moving to [[Calgary]], becoming the [[Calgary Cowboys]] and fold in 1977.

The Coliseum played host to the 2001 [[Mann Cup]], where the hosting [[Western Lacrosse Association|WLA]] [[Coquitlam Adanacs]] defeated [[Major Series Lacrosse|MSL's]] [[Brampton Excelsiors (MSL)|Brampton Excelsiors]] in seven games.

===2010 Winter Olympics===
The Coliseum played host to [[Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics|figure skating]] and [[Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics|short-track speed skating]] events for the [[XXI Olympic Winter Games]] in Vancouver, from February 12 to 28, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/pacific-coliseum/|title=Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics - results & video highlights|date=September 8, 2017}}</ref>

===Vancouver Canucks===
The arena hosted its first NHL game on October 9, 1970, where the [[Los Angeles Kings]] defeated the [[Vancouver Canucks]] 3–1 in the Canucks' NHL debut. The Kings' [[Bob Berry (ice hockey)|Bob Berry]] scored the first goal, with [[Barry Wilkins]] scoring the first goal for the Canucks. Its final NHL game was played May 27, 1995, with the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] defeating the Canucks 4–3 to sweep them out of the [[1995 Stanley Cup Playoffs]] in the second round.

The 25-year tenure of the Canucks would see the [[Stanley Cup Finals]] come to the Coliseum twice; once in {{scfy|1982}}, where the [[New York Islanders]] would complete their sweep of the Canucks in Vancouver on May 16, 1982, and again in {{scfy|1994}} where they would lose to the [[New York Rangers]] in a seven-game thriller. Former owner [[Arthur Griffiths (businessman)|Arthur Griffiths]] called the sixth game of the 1994 series, the only Stanley Cup Finals game that the Canucks would ever win at the Coliseum, to be "The greatest game ever played at the Pacific Coliseum," and sent the entire city into a frenzy in its wake. The Coliseum would host a viewing of game 7, which the Canucks would lose by a goal, after [[Nathan LaFayette]]'s potential tying shot went off the post.

Pacific Coliseum also played host to the [[30th National Hockey League All-Star Game|1977 NHL All-Star Game]], which saw the Wales Conference All-Stars defeat the Campbell Conference All-Stars 4–3.

The final NHL goal scored in the arena belongs to the [[Chicago Blackhawks]]' [[Chris Chelios]], as the Blackhawks completed a four-game sweep of the Canucks in the [[1995 Stanley Cup Playoffs]]' second round. [[Roman Oksiuta]] scored the Canucks' last goal in the building.

===Junior hockey===
[[File:2007 Memorial Cup towels.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Towel Power|Towels]] laid out on each seat at the Pacific Coliseum prior to the [[2007 Memorial Cup]] final.]]
Pacific Coliseum first hosted the [[Memorial Cup]] in [[1977 Memorial Cup|1977]], when [[Stan Smyl]] and the [[New Westminster Bruins]] won their first Memorial Cup championship by defeating the [[Ottawa 67's]], 6–5. Smyl would eventually have a successful thirteen-year NHL career playing with the Vancouver Canucks at the arena, eventually having his #12 retired by the team on November 3, 1991; the first number that the team would retire, and the only one retired by the Canucks during their time at the Coliseum.

After the departure of the Canucks in 1995, hockey returned to the Rink on Renfrew with the inaugural season of the [[Western Hockey League|WHL]] [[Vancouver Giants]] in 2001, where they would stay until dwindling attendance numbers would cause them to move to the [[Langley Events Centre]] after the 2015–16 season.

The arena was one of four arenas to play host to the [[2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]], alongside [[Rogers Arena]], [[Prospera Place]] in [[Kelowna]], and the [[Sandman Centre]] in [[Kamloops]].

In [[2005–06 WHL season|2006]], the Giants were chosen to host the [[2007 Memorial Cup|2007 Memorial Cup Tournament]].  During this tournament, the arena surpassed the all-time Memorial Cup attendance record; after seven round-robin games 91,808 attended, and the tournament would eventually finish with a total attendance of 121,461. In the same tournament, the Vancouver Giants won their first [[Memorial Cup]] championship, by defeating the WHL champion [[Medicine Hat Tigers]], 3–1. The Giants had lost the WHL final in seven games to the Tigers earlier in the season.

===Volleyball===
The  [[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's North American qualification|2020 Men's Volleyball North American Olympic Qualification Tournament]] took place at the coliseum. Canada went 3–0 in the tournament, which qualified the team for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].

===Boxing===
This venue has hosted [[Muhammad Ali vs. George Chuvalo]] II on May 1, 1972, and [[Michael Spinks]] vs Oscar Rivadeneyra on November 25, 1983.

===Tennis===
Pacific Coliseum has hosted two Billie Jean King Cup of Tennis qualifying matches. Canada versus Latvia in 2022 and Canada versus Belgium in 2023.

===PWHL Vancouver===
Pacific Coliseum will be the new host of [[PWHL Vancouver]], starting in 2025. The team will be the new primary tenant of the building, and will be the first expansion franchise of the [[Professional Women's Hockey League]] (PWHL).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Press |first=The Associated |date=2025-04-23 |title=Report: PWHL to announce Vancouver as its first expansion franchise at 2pm ET/11am PT |url=https://www.tsn.ca/pwhl/report-pwhl-to-announce-vancouver-as-its-first-expansion-franchise-at-2pm-et-11am-pt-1.2293703 |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=TSN |language=en-CA}}</ref>