BC PLACE GOING PINK TO SUPPORT "PINK SHIRT ANTI-BULLYING DAY"
February 28th, 2012
February 28, 2012
Vancouver, B.C: The 36-foot tall Northern Lights Display at BC Place will be illuminated “pink” on Wednesday, February 29th in support of “Pink Shirt Day”, an anti-bullying campaign started five years ago by two High School students.
The event was initiated in Nova Scotia by two grade 12 students and their teenage friends who organized a high-school protest to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was being bullied. The students took a stand against bullying when they protested against the harassment of a new Grade 9 student by distributing pink T-shirts to all the boys in their school.
Pink Shirt Day has grown organically since its inception. BC Place is proud to show our support for the “Bullying Stops Here” by illuminating in a wash of pink.
“PINK” LIGHTING DISPLAY FOR PINK SHIRT DAY
Date:
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Times:
MORNING 5:30AM to Sunrise
EVENING Sunset to 11:00PM
BC Place joins CKNW in urging everyone to wear something pink on February 29th to highlight the key message of Pink Shirt Day, that “Bullying Stops Here”. Net proceeds from Pink Shirt Day activities & t-shirt sales benefit the CKNW Orphans’ Fund in support of Boys & Girls Clubs Anti-Bullying programs. See www.pinkshirtday.ca for more details.
About the “Northern Lights Display” at BC Place
The stadium roof façade – known as the Northern Lights Display - utilizes 1700 ‘ETFE’ panels, stacked four rows high, and 6,800 linear feet of energy-efficient LED lights to create customizable lighting displays. ETFE is a semi-transparent material that allows sunlight into the stadium during the day, but it also contains metal dots called “frits” that reflect the LED light displays at night. Together with the new 38,000 square metre roof at BC Place roof, the Northern Lights Display enables a wide range of both static and dynamic programming, with a total of more than 26,000 addressable lighting elements.
About BC Place
BC Place is the largest sports, exhibition and entertainment venue of its kind in British Columbia, hosting the province’s most notable events including the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. An all-new BC Place reopened in September 2011 after completing a major revitalization that included the installation of the largest cable-supported retractable roof of its kind in the world.
Today, BC Place is home to the Vancouver Whitecaps FC MLS franchise, the BC Lions Football Club and the BC Sports Hall of Fame. BC Place is an important generator of economic activity in British Columbia, hosting world-class entertainment events, professional and amateur sport, community gatherings and exhibitions. For more information, please visit www.bcplace.com