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 |
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 |
1983 |
Rohaan Sethna, manager, sales and client service |
6 |
Yes |
54,500 |
NP |
NP |
NP |
NP |
247,000 |
|
3 |
Conferences & Accommodation at UBC |
1974 |
NP |
200 |
Yes |
5,000 |
NP |
NP |
NP |
NP |
200,000 |
|
4 |
Pacific National Exhibition |
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 |
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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