Vancouver shines for Team Canada’s 1st game at BC Place: ‘This was the best’ – BC
Vancouver shines for Team Canada’s 1st game at BC Place: ‘This was the best’ – BC
https://globalnews.ca/news/11913813/vancouver-shines-team-canada-1st-game-bc-place-best/
Publish Date: 2026-06-19 21:16:00
Vancouver residents and World Cup visitors are celebrating Team Canada’s win at BC Place on Thursday and the fun and festivities in the city.
“Yesterday was amazing. I mean, as everybody knows, big win for Canada, six-nothing, BC Place completely sold out, 54,000 fans,” Don Chapman, Deputy Chief of the Vancouver Police Department, told Global News.
“We had our fan fest pretty much at a sellout as well; I think at one point with 21,000 fans on site there, another 40,000 for the totality of the game. The Granville Entertainment District was busy as well as viewing sites all around the city. All in all, great day, great deployment. I think everybody had a great time.”
Chapman said about 1,200 officers were deployed across the city throughout the day.
He said there were only three people ejected from BC Place and no arrests.
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Chapman said there are going to be some small deployment changes inside BC Place for Canada’s Wednesday game, but other than that, no major changes to policing are expected.
Victoria residents Dallas Nicholls and Nahoa Kahakauwila attended the game at BC Place and said the atmosphere was electric.
“I’ve never felt so patriotic,” Nicholls said.
“It was pretty cool that we did the march before and the streets were just flooded with red and everyone was just chanting. Like, the energy was just insane and inside the stadium was tenfold more. It was insane.”
Kahakauwila said it was a huge win for Team Canada and Canadians.
“I think this is a huge win, huge historical moment for us and I’m happy that we were able to witness history,” he said.
Nicholls said it is a sign that other teams shouldn’t count Canada out.
“Don’t underestimate us just because maybe we’re not a European country; Canada’s still got it,” he said.
“We’re hosting this tournament and I don’t know, I have a lot of confidence in us and I hope we just make it far in this…
