https://almanac.conventioncityseattle.com/tags/vancouver/Recent content in Vancouver on Convention City AlmanacHugoen-us© 2026 Ivan Schneider · <a href="https://conventioncityseattle.com/">Convention City Seattle</a> · Licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC BY 4.0</a>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://almanac.conventioncityseattle.com/cities/vancouver/convention-centre/Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://almanac.conventioncityseattle.com/cities/vancouver/convention-centre/<h1 id="vancouver-convention-centre">Vancouver: Convention Centre<a class="anchor" href="#vancouver-convention-centre">#</a></h1> <p><strong>East Building:</strong> 1987 (Expo 86 Canada Pavilion). <strong>West Building:</strong> 2009 ($883M CAD). <strong>Combined exhibit space:</strong> 466,500 sq ft. <strong>Walk Score:</strong> 96. <strong>Transit Score:</strong> 100.</p> <p>The convention center as civic infrastructure. Designed by <strong>LMN Architects</strong> — a Seattle firm.</p> <h2 id="what-was-here-before">What Was Here Before<a class="anchor" href="#what-was-here-before">#</a></h2> <p>Industrial waterfront — shipyards, lumber mills, shipping piers (from 1911), WWII munitions factories, Boeing seaplane factory (1929). CPR lands, redeveloped 1994–2010.</p> <h2 id="public-space-integration">Public Space Integration<a class="anchor" href="#public-space-integration">#</a></h2> <p>The West Building isn&rsquo;t just a convention center. It&rsquo;s a piece of waterfront civic infrastructure:</p>