Sports

Mar 1, 2023
Ultimate flexibility, exclusive experience—a Premium Passport at Rogers Arena is for you
Jessica Kirby

BCBusiness + Canucks Sports Make a great impression with a new client or thank your best ones. Reconnect with staff or celebrate a milestone with friends and family. The exclusive Premium Passport at Rogers Arena offers up the excitement of wowing guests with all-inclusive premium tickets at Canucks games and the city’s...

Feb 9, 2023
Former Teck Resources CEO Don Lindsay to head 2025 Invictus Games
By the Editors

Sometimes, when a high profile executive "retires" you know it won't be long until you hear their name again. We couldn't have been the only ones who had that feeling last year when Teck Resources Limited CEO Don Lindsay announced that...

Feb 3, 2023
Ranking the NHL teams that need Connor Bedard most, from a business perspective
Nathan Caddell

If you’re even a moderately invested hockey fan, you likely know what’s at stake this year in the NHL. Yes, of course, there’s a chance at a Stanley Cup for a contending team, as always. But for the teams near...

Jan 17, 2023
Opinion: Vancouver Canucks' press conference shows off a number of leadership dos and don'ts
Nathan Caddell

Stop us if you’ve heard this before in the last decade or so, but the Vancouver Canucks are in a bit of trouble. It’s not just the standings, where the Canucks—despite the head coach admitting it would be a “disaster” if...

Jan 4, 2023
Vancouver Canucks ticket sales stay strong so far, despite struggling team and uncertain future
Nathan Caddell

If you’re an ardent fan of the Vancouver Canucks, you may be surprised to learn that, despite some porous on-ice results, the franchise is doing quite well at the box office this year. As the Canucks turned the calendar into 2023...

Dec 1, 2022
Weekend Warrior: BCCA president and CEO Chris Atchison curls up in his spare time
Rushmila Rahman

There are three things that Chris Atchison claims are “in his blood”: fishing, hockey and, of course, curling. The British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA) president and CEO saw both his parents curl competitively, and he coached his own children to play...

Nov 1, 2022
After stints with the Canucks and Canadians, sports exec Graham Wall is going back to basketball
Nathan Caddell

Graham Wall’s story is one of persistence. After not making his high school basketball team in Grade 8, Wall was inconsolable. But Magee Secondary coach Paul Eberhardt kept the lights on for Wall and his friends, letting them practice as...

Sep 28, 2022
Weekend Warrior: How Olympian and Trulioo executive John Smythe connects hockey and business
Rushmila Rahman

It was at one of his older brothers’ field hockey games that John Smythe remembers getting really lucky. He watched with the kind of eagerness and wonder that only a four-year-old could possess as somebody, in a fit of rage...

Sep 23, 2022
Here's why you've been seeing so many sports betting ads on TV
Steve Burgess

Watching sports on TV used to be predictable. Breaks in the action would feature trucks, beer and, if it was an American station, perhaps a gecko. Lately that’s changed. Sports betting sites, online casinos and cryptocurrency dealers have become major...

Sep 13, 2022
New owners, name represent historic overhaul for Fraser Valley's professional basketball team
Nathan Caddell

It’s a new dawn for professional basketball in the province. The Fraser Valley Bandits of the Canadian Elite Basketball League announced today that the team has been purchased by Vancouver mining executive Bryan Slusarchuk and Surrey real estate developer Kevin...

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