Opmac Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Fearing a third Stanley Cup riot this spring, Vancouver city hall said Tuesday it won’t show Vancouver Canucks’ playoff games on big screens in downtown. But Canada Place, which is operated by a federal Crown corporation, is considering whether to display Hockey Night in Canada telecasts on its 25-foot-high, Canada’s Storyboard LED screen. “We are just working through that question right now,” spokesperson Robyn McVicker said Wednesday. “We should have a plan by next week.” Some 4,000 people watched the Canucks lose Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup final outside Canada Place. However, the official civic fan zone on Georgia, Hamilton and Homer streets drew 55,000 people on June 15, 2011 and was ruined by a riot. Downtown property damage was estimated at $5 million. If Canada Place doesn’t carry games on its screen, clever citizens with the right wireless connectivity and mobile projection equipment could create their own impromptu “live sites” and promote them via social networks. Occupy Vancouver protesters on the Vancouver Art Gallery’s north plaza showed what was possible last October and November with mobile webcasts and projections of still and video images on the blank, white Howe Street wall of the adjacent Sears department store. The only barrier to such unsanctioned playoff gatherings could be the copyright holder, says the director of Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology. “It’s certainly technologically possible,” said Prof. Richard Smith. “How much technical people like sports, I can imagine some of them are thinking about ways to do stuff like that themselves. Doing a projection, of course, of a live [National Hockey League] game might bring down the NHL lawyers on your head pretty quickly.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENGUINScanFLY Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Nice to hear there are options, but it just won't be the same.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everybody Hates Raymond Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 WEOOOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 http://www.gigapixel.com/image/gigapan-canucks-g7.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixtyEight Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 We need to take this year slow. Then we'll build up our trust again. And hopefully nothing like last year happens again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puckmonk3y Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Why anyone would want to go stand downtown is beyond me. Give me a good pub any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van_City123 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Why anyone would want to go stand downtown is beyond me. Give me a good pub any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gino Odjick Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Why anyone would want to go stand downtown is beyond me. Give me a good pub any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigneault's Timeout Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 ^ I'm guessing you guys never tried standing outside downtown (or maybe you're too short to see the screen haha). I went with friends and we loved it! The atmosphere is great, especially after wins/goals with everyone high five-ing and the crowd cheering with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Guy Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I agree, the atmosphere was great...until Game 7. Half the people in that crowd were just there to cause or watch mayhem, as became quite obvious after we got down a couple of goals. Before the halfway point of the game, "everybody" was more interested in taunting the police and whether girls climbing the traffic light poles would take their shirts off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Will one of these "live sites" be the Federal Penitentiary for all the rioting jackasses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthNinja Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 http://www.gigapixel...canucks-g7.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorxxxbubbles Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Watching the game at a pub or restaurant is for regular season games. Even though the final outcome (game 7) was not great, game 5 downtown with over 200,000 people was an unbelievable experience where the whole lower mainland were in such happy spirits. If we can do that again but be somehow more responsible when things go south I wouldn't trade it for a lackluster bar night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skates_with_a_stick Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I can say in a large pub the atmosphere is still great. I remember game 7 of the crapcago series was amazing. Especially since there was crapcago fans there. When Burrows knocked that goal out, the entire pub was jumping. But I was also at Game 5 of the Shark Soup series outside of CBC and it was great. However, in the pub you get a much better picture quality and food brought right to you and you have to walk about 10-20 steps to use the restroom. I guess it comes down to how much money you want to spend each game. I will be saving money this year, since my only option is staying home. Unless I feel like getting up at 4 am and going to a local casino. I still say those outdoor viewing spots are a great idea. Too bad those jerks ruined it. I don't know why they can't open Rogers Arena and charge a couple of dollars like Cowtown did in '04. I might be wrong on this one though. I don't recall hearing anything about it. But that clears up 17,000 people. Anyway, GO CANUCKS GO!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanGirl88 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Does anybody know if the Edgewater Casino will show the games this year? I watched a lot of the playoff games there last year and it was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Umm.......what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forsy Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Obviously someone didn't go to downtown during the SCF. Good luck lining at the bars 3-4 hours early -they would still have no room (maybe if you're 1 or 2 people only). But any group bigger than 2 and it's difficult to get into the downtown bars. Hopefully it will be a little easier this year, but with no big screens, it will probably be even worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sedin's 6th Sense Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Nice to hear there are options, but it just won't be the same.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikiShiz Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I went to a few last year and they were awesome, I hope they keep doing it...Its a great last choice when all the pubs and restaurants are full! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire_Spiky Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Outdoor showings are more about the atmosphere then being comfortable. They are exciting as long as things stay under control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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