Denman Arena was the main sports arena

Arena

An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...

 located in downtown Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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. The arena was located on Denman Street in Vancouver's West End, at the northwest corner of West Georgia Street

Georgia Street

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 and Denman. It was built at a cost of $300,000 in 1911 and held 10,500 people, making it one of the world's largest arenas at the time. It was one of the first two artificial ice surfaces in Canada along with the Patrick Arena

Patrick Arena

Patrick Arena was the main sports arena located in the Greater Victoria, British Columbia area. The wood constructed arena was located in the suburb municipality of Oak Bay, on the north east corner of Cadboro Bay Road and Epworth Street...

 in Victoria. It burned down in 1936 after an explosion at an adjacent Coal Harbour coal shed.

Hockey

During its existence it hosted the Pacific Coast Hockey Association

Pacific Coast Hockey Association

The Pacific Coast Hockey Association was a professional men's ice hockey league in western Canada and the western United States, which operated from 1911 to 1924 when it then merged with the Western Canada Hockey League...

's Vancouver Millionaires

Vancouver Millionaires

The Vancouver Millionaires were a professional ice hockey team that competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Western Canada Hockey League between 1911 and 1926...

 (which won a Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

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 on home ice at Denman Arena in 1915) and the New Westminster Royals

New Westminster Royals

The New Westminster Royals was the name of several professional and junior ice hockey teams based in New Westminster, British Columbia.The first team played from 1912-1914 in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association which was established in 1911....

. Frank

Frank Patrick (hockey)

Francis Alexis Patrick was a Canadian NHL ice hockey player and head coach. While attending McGill University, he played hockey from 1904 to 1908, winning the Queen’s Cup championship in 1905 alongside his brother Lester Patrick.Frank and Lester helped found the Pacific Coast Hockey Association...

 and Lester Patrick

Lester Patrick

Curtis Lester "The Silver Fox" Patrick born in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, was a professional ice hockey player and coach associated with the Victoria Aristocrats/Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association , and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League...

 were owners of the team and arena. Later, it was also home to the Vancouver Lions of the semi-pro North West Hockey League

North West Hockey League

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