UBC Winter Sports Centre | Completed - Page 3

Coldrsx · #41 Posted **Jan 27, 2009, 4:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by mr.x2

^ what's wrong with the oval washrooms? I thought they were really good. Except for the whole "TOILET WATER IS NOT POTABLE" stickers.

BAHAHHAHA... awesome.

and ^^ don't compare this to the Richmond Oval.

Innersoul1 · #42 Posted **Mar 11, 2009, 5:45 PM**

Good looking Stadium. They need to do something with the lighting. For a new venue the lighting on the ice is marginal at best.

But well done Van City.

mr.x · #43 Posted **Aug 21, 2009, 8:55 PM**

UBC winter sports centre renamed after lawyer Doug Mitchell

Vancouver Sun
August 21, 2009 11:02 AM

VANCOUVER - The University of B.C.'s Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre has been renamed the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre — honouring the distinguished Calgary lawyer who graduated from UBC in 1962.

The redeveloped sports complex — featuring three ice rinks and the UBC Sports Hall of Fame — is a hockey venue for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Mitchell family has committed to raising $10 million for the sports centre and $7.5 million has been pledged so far.

Mitchell, a national co-chair of the law firm Borden Ladner Gervais, has a long association with amateur and professional sports. He attended Colorado College on a hockey scholarship and played football for UBC while attending law school.

Mitchell played professional football for the BC Lions and served as commissioner of the Canadian Football League from 1984 to 1989. He was also a member of the National Hockey League board of governors from 1980 to 1984.
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AlexYVR · #44 Posted **Aug 21, 2009, 9:30 PM**

Were you there today, Mr. X?