Archive of posts tagged "bc lions"

History Tidbits: Grey Cup in Vancouver

November 22nd, 2011 @ 11:01am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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They 99th Grey Cup Championship is coming to Vancouver at the end of this week with a parade, festival, and final game in which our BC Lions are participating. The Lions had a bumpy start to their season at Empire Field but moved into their renovated home at BC Place and stormed up the ranks [...]

Tackle Hunger Food Drive 2011

August 8th, 2011 @ 1:33pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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The Purolator Tackle Hunger Food Drive, in partnership with the BC Lions for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society, is taking place this coming Saturday, August 13th. Photo credit: blog_bleistift on Flickr This is the 9th annual Tackle Hunger campaign and fans are encouraged to bring non-perishable food item donations or cash in support of [...]

Grey Cup Festival Vancouver 2011

June 24th, 2011 @ 5:32pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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The 99th Grey Cup championship and festival will take place in Vancouver Thursday, November 24th through to game day Sunday, November 27th. Tickets for the game and festival, Canada’s largest sporting event, went on sale earlier this week. The Grey Cup festival, hosted by the BC Lions, will run for four days in downtown Vancouver [...]

Another BC Place Construction Update

February 7th, 2011 @ 1:05pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Last August, after the iconic marshmallow-like dome of BC Place was deflated and removed, I posted a construction update. Now that all of the masts for the new roof at the stadium are in place, BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo) announced today that they expect the project to be complete by September 30th, 2011. Here’s a [...]

The 2010 BC Lions Season So Far

August 20th, 2010 @ 10:15am by Guest Author
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The following has been contributed by Brian Wawryshyn, owner of the BC Lions fan blog BCLionsDen.ca The bye week is upon the BC Lions and the timing probably couldn’t be better for fans and players alike. The Lions are off to a 1-6 start and struggling to find their winning ways. With a young roster [...]

BC Place Construction Update

August 5th, 2010 @ 1:10pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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BC Place was deflated last May in order to start construction on the new soft retractable dome. Photo credit: Bev Davies on Flickr This morning members of the media were given the chance to check in on the progress that is being made at the topless stadium. Photo © BC Place The cranes are in [...]

Sneak Peek: Empire Field

June 17th, 2010 @ 2:45pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Empire Field (at Empire Fields with Empire Stadium around it) will host the BC Lions‘ home opener this Sunday. I’ll be heading over for a preview tomorrow and will also be at the game on Sunday however my camera-toting husband got a bit a a preview earlier this week. Although it’s temporary (aka TEmpire Stadium) [...]

The BC Lions for 2010

June 10th, 2010 @ 11:00am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Next Sunday the BC Lions will kick off the second game of their 56th season back where it all began, at Empire Field in East Vancouver. With the dome at BC Place deflated and renovations well underway, the 2010 season will take place outside on turf where the team played from 1954 to 1982. BCLions.com [...]