Avoid these areas if you’re planning on going to a Vancouver Canucks game this weekend.
Downtown Vancouver will be packed this weekend as Taylor Swift, Cirque du Soleil, and the Vancouver Canucks draw crowds to their respective event spaces. If you’re planning on going to a Canucks game this weekend, take a look at some of the traffic and transit changes that will be occurring.
Planning on driving downtown? Avoid these routes if possible, as a series of road closures will be implemented from 12 p.m. to midnight from December 6 to 8.
- 700 and 800 blocks of Beatty Street between Smithe Street and West Georgia Street
- Pacific Boulevard from the Cambie Bridge off-ramp to Pat Quinn Way
- Northbound Cambie Street Bridge off-ramp
- 100 block of Robson Street between Cambie Street and Beatty Street.
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If you’re planning on getting a ride, there are designated pick-up and drop-off spots. However, it’s requested that drivers only stay in these spots for a maximum of three minutes.
- Cambie and Hamilton streets from Smithe Street to West Georgia Street
- Pacific Boulevard between Pat Quinn Way and Quebec Street
Mobi will be adding more bikes to stations near BC Place and Rogers Arena to encourage less vehicle traffic in the area. Extra bikes can be found at the following stations:
- Dunsmuir and Beatty, near Stadium-Chinatown SkyTrain Station
- Expo and Smithe, near BC Place Gate G
- Carrall and Seawall, outside of the Cirque du Soleil Big Top
Translink has just announced that it will be increasing the rate of services this weekend as a result of the busy schedule. From this Friday to Sunday, SkyTrains will run at its highest frequency and SeaBuses will depart every 10 minutes from 3 p.m. to 1:22 a.m. Themed buses and trains will also run after the concert, with “Swift” shuttles bringing passengers to Waterfront Station after Swift’s concert ends. As well, the West Coast Express will have two extra departure times — westbound from Mission at 4 p.m. and eastbound from Waterfront Station at midnight.
