What is Pacific Coliseum?
[[File:Pacificcoliseum.jpg|thumb|View of the outside of Pacific Coliseum]] '''Pacific Coliseum''' is an multi-use arena located in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. The arena does not have a permanent tenant. The arena used to serves as the home for the [[Vancouver Canucks (WHL)|Vancouver Canucks]] of the [[Western Hockey League]] (WHL), the [[Vancouver Canucks]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), the [[Vancouver Nats]] of the Western Hockey League (WHL), [[Vancouver Blazers]] of the [[World Hockey Association]] (WHA), and the [[Vancouver Giants]] of the Western Hockey League (WHL). They first started to build the stadium in 1966. The arena opened on January 8, 1968 and the first event were the [[Ice Capades]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/pacific-coliseum-at-50-the-rink-on-renfrew-in-photos/wcm/1504ef3c-6957-40da-801f-cdc2ad852049/|accessdate=December 4, 2023|title=Pacific Coliseum at 50: The Rink on Renfrew in photos|publisher=[[Vancouver Sun]]}}</ref> The Canucks had their first game in the arena on October 9, 1970. In their first game, they were defeated by the [[Los Angeles Kings]] 3–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6013764/canucks-50-years-first-game/|accessdate=December 4, 2023|title=That 70’s Show: A look back at the Vancouver Canucks’ very first game|publisher=[[Global News]]}}</ref> The Canucks would play their final game in the arena on May 27, 1995. They would be defeated by the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] 4–3 in overtime in the Western Conference Semifinals and be swept out of the [[1995 Stanley Cup playoffs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/pne-100-fun-facts|accessdate=December 4, 2023|title=PNE: 100 fun facts|publisher=Vancouver Sun}}</ref> The Canucks would move to the newly-built [[Rogers Arena|General Motors Place]] the next season. Ever since the arena opened, it has never had an official corporate sponsor. On May 1, 1972, a boxing match between [[Muhammad Ali]] and [[George Chuvalo]] for the NABF heavyweight title would ta