Jack Poole Plaza
| Jack Poole Plaza | |
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 The plaza on Canada Day, 2010 | |
_Downtown_-_OpenStreetMap_2.svg.png)  Jack Poole Plaza Location of Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver | |
| Coordinates: 49°17′22″N 123°07′03″W / 49.28944°N 123.11750°W |
Jack Poole Plaza is a plaza in the Coal Harbour neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The space is named in honour of Jack Poole, who was the head of the Vancouver bid committee for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The site is home to the cauldron that burned during the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.[1][2]
Other events
In 2015, Fox Sports aired U.S. studio coverage of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup (whose finals were held at BC Place in Vancouver) from a temporary studio constructed at Jack Poole Plaza.[3] Bell Media similarly constructed a temporary studio at Jack Poole Plaza for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which hosted public watch parties until Vancouver’s final hosted match on July 7.[4][5]
Artwork
Artwork at the site includes "Digital Orca" installed 2009 by Douglas Coupland.[6]
Also onsite is the 2010 Winter Olympics cauldron permanently displayed, with a reflecting pool added.
References
- ↑ "Behind the covert operation to build Vancouver's Olympic Cauldron (PHOTOS) | Urbanized". dailyhive.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ↑ "Vancouver's Olympic cauldron lights up to mark 2010 Games anniversary". Archived from the original on 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ↑ "Fox Sports transforms Vancouver Convention Centre into FIFA broadcast studio". CBC News. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ↑ "Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver". Vancouver Page. Archived from the original on 2026-07-09. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- ↑ "TSN's FIFA World Cup broadcast studio is taking over Jack Poole Plaza". Daily Hive. Retrieved 2026-06-12.
- ↑ "Digital Orca". City of Vancouver. Archived from the original on 2025-08-07. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
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