Archive of posts tagged "bc lions"

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 [...]

BC Place Stadium Deflated

May 3rd, 2010 @ 9:30am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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BC Place Stadium’s iconic “marshmallow” pillow-top roof will be deflated this week in preparation for major renovations and a new retractable roof. Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr Plans for the retractable replacement were announced last October by Kevin Kreuger, Minister of Tourism, Culture, and the Arts. Krueger said the new roof would cut energy [...]

BC Lions Tickets and Dinner – Quick Giveaway

August 5th, 2009 @ 4:34pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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If you don’t already have something planned for this Friday night, consider taking in a BC Lions game as I have two tickets as well as $25 to spend at the Kingston to give away. Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr To enter to win this combo (and to see the Lions stomp the Roughriders) [...]