Biggest convention and meeting venues in B.C. in 2020

 

Ranked by total rentable square footage in 2020

Published August 10, 2020. Sources: Interviews with venues below and BIV research. If logged in as a subscriber, scroll down to the end of the list to download this year's version as a .csv file, as well as versions from previous years.

Rank '20 Venue name Year opened Contact person No. of meeting rooms In-house catering Maximum capacity theatre Maximum capacity classroom Maximum capacity banquet hall Largest room by square footage Meeting room rates '20 Total sq. ft. available '20

1

Vancouver Convention Centre
1055 Canada Pl, Vancouver V6C 0C3
P: 604-647-7345 F: NP vancouverconventioncentre.com

1987

Lynn Menzies, assistant director, convention sales, Michelle Leroux, director of sales

72

Yes

41,641

NP

NP

NP

NP

466,500

2

BC Place
777 Pacific Blvd, Vancouver V6B 4Y8
P: 604-669-2300 F: 604-661-3412 bcplace.com

1983

Rohaan Sethna, manager, sales and client service

6

Yes

54,500

NP

NP

NP

NP

247,000

3

Conferences & Accommodation at UBC
5961 Student Union Blvd, Vancouver V6T 2C9
P: 604-822-1060 F: 604-822-1069 ubcconferences.com

1974

NP

200

Yes

5,000

NP

NP

NP

NP

200,000

4

Pacific National Exhibition
2901 Hastings St E, Vancouver V5K 5J1
P: 604-251-7787 F: 604-251-7753 pne.ca

1910

Jennifer Campbell, director of sale and business development, Richard Purcell, manager, facility sales

8

Yes

16,000

1,400

1,800

94,000

N/A

191,000

5

Vancouver Aquarium
845 Avison Way, Vancouver V6G 3E2
P: 604-659-3400 F: 604-659-3584 vanaqua.org

1956

Riddhima Asri, sales manager, catering and events

10

Yes

126

100

600

22,000

$1,500 to $18,500

185,151

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