Pacific Coliseum greets dawn of next half-century without marquee tenant

The Pacific Coliseum has had a storied first 50 years, but its prospects in the decades ahead without a marquee sports tenant and with increased competition from new arenas is unclear.
As a sports palace, the arena saw two Canucks Stanley Cup runs, a 2007 Memorial Cup win by the Vancouver Giants and golden glory for Canadian figure skaters and short-track speed skaters in the 2010 Olympics.
The Giants – its last anchor team –  departed in 2016, however, leaving Pacific Coliseum