Vancouver Convention Centre
The Vancouver Convention Centre is a convention centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; it is one of Canada's largest convention centres. With the opening of the new West Building in 2009, it now has 43,340 square metres of meeting space.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Email: info@vancouverconventioncentre.com
- Type: Convention center
- Description: convention center in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre”, “Vancouver Convention Centre West”, and “VCEC”
- Address: 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, V6C 0C3
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Canada Place and Waterfront station.
Canada Place
Photo: Nicolas Untz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Canada Place, co-named Komagata Maru Place, is a building situated on the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is home to the Vancouver Convention Centre East Building, the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel, the Vancouver World Trade Centre, and the virtual flight experience Flyover in Vancouver. Canada Place is situated 350 metres east of Vancouver Convention Centre.
Waterfront station
Railway station
Photo: Canmenwalker, CC BY 4.0.
Waterfront station is a major intermodal public transportation facility and the main transit terminus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is on West Cordova Street in Downtown Vancouver, between Granville and Seymour Street. Waterfront station is situated 480 metres southeast of Vancouver Convention Centre.
Digital Orca
Work of art
Photo: Openaperture, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Digital Orca is a 2009 sculpture of a killer whale by Douglas Coupland, installed next to the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Digital Orca is situated 100 metres northwest of Vancouver Convention Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include City Centre and Coal Harbour.
City Centre
Photo: magnusl3d, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The City Centre, also known as the Central Business District, is the heart of Vancouver's downtown and contains the city's Financial District, the Granville Entertainment district, and many of its hotels, clubs and historical buildings.
Coal Harbour
Neighborhood
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 1.0.
Coal Harbour is a section of Burrard Inlet lying between Vancouver's Downtown Peninsula and the Brockton Point of Stanley Park. It has also now become the name of the neighbourhood adjacent to its southern shoreline.
Vancouver Convention Centre
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.28905° or 49° 17′ 21″ northLongitude
-123.11595° or 123° 6′ 57″ westOpen location code
84XR7VQM+JJOpenStreetMap ID
way 85240507OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=conference_centreOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q2742735
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“Vancouver Convention Centre” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “溫哥華會議中心”
- Chinese: “溫哥華會議展覽中心”
- Dutch: “Vancouver Convention Centre”
- French: “Vancouver Convention Centre”
- Japanese: “バンクーバー・コンベンションセンター”
- Japanese: “バンクーバーコンベンションセンター”
- Korean: “밴쿠버 컨벤션 센터 웨스트”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vancouver Convention Centre”
- Norwegian: “Vancouver Convention Centre”
- Polish: “Vancouver Convention Centre”
- Slovak: “Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre”
- Slovenian: “Kongresni center v Vancouvru”
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