BC PLACE TO SHOW “NORTHERN LIGHTS DISPLAY”
December 12th, 2012
December 12, 2011
BC PLACE “NORTHERN LIGHTS DISPLAY” TO HONOUR THE SEASON WITH SPECTACULAR LIGHT DISPLAY NIGHTLY
Make sure you include BC’s new stadium on your holiday lights tour
Vancouver, BC (December 12, 2011): Each night from now until January 1st, BC Place will be lit up with lighting themes specially created to make the festive holiday season even brighter.
Look for the building’s new roof, and the 36 foot tall semi-transparent Northern Lights Display, to be illuminated with displays inspired by candy canes, winter scenes and traditional seasonal colours of red and green.
Dates: Now until January 1st (inclusive)
Time: Each evening starting at approximately 4:30PM
The “Northern Lights Display”
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 during the night.
The new BC Place roof covers an area of approximately 38,000 square metres. Together, the new BC Place roof and Northern Lights Display enables a wide range of both static and dynamic programming, with a total of more than 26,000 addressable lighting elements.
Most recently, BC Place was fully lit up in red on December 1st in recognition of World AIDS Day, and orange during the BC Lions’ successful Grey Cup run last month.
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