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25-632: Hastings Street may refer to: Hastings Street (Vancouver) , an east–west traffic corridor in Vancouver and Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Hastings Street (Detroit) , the former center of Detroit's African-American community, removed for the Chrysler Freeway the main street of Noosa Heads on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland Hastings Street (album) , an album by Brazzaville Topics referred to by

50-441: A 19 hectares (48 acres) facility operated by Great Canadian Entertainment ; and several facilities maintained by the municipal government, including Empire Field , an emergency dispatch centre, and local community centre. The PNE grounds contains several buildings and exhibition halls . The PNE Forum is a 4,200 square metres (45,000 sq ft) exhibition facility that is used for large displays and trade shows. Rollerland

75-674: A more natural character. Although land was purchased in Surrey that was to become the fair's new home, the PNE has since transferred ownership from the province to the City of Vancouver and will remain at Hastings Park. The PNE is a registered charity. Two attractions at the PNE were named as heritage sites by the City of Vancouver in August 2013. The Pacific Coliseum and the Wooden Roller Coaster were added to

100-518: A municipal park in the Hastings–Sunrise neighbourhood. This includes the 6.1 hectares (15 acres) of land used by Playland, a PNE-operated amusement park. The PNE grounds maintains several gardens and natural preserves on the grounds including The Sanctuary ; a small pond that serves as a resting place and breeding ground for approximately 130 species of birds. Gardens at the PNE grounds include an Italian garden and Momiji Commemorative Garden;

125-458: A result. In September of 2022 the PNE Amphitheatre hosted the two day rap and hip-hop festival known as Breakout Festival. On the second day of the festival fights broke out inside and outside the venue, and vandalism occurred when concert-goers became hostile following an announcement that the headliner, American rapper Lil-Baby, would not be taking the stage. After a major police response

150-556: Is a 1,840 square metres (19,800 sq ft) exhibition, banquet hall and venue for the Terminal City Roller Derby . Two buildings on the PNE grounds are indoor arenas. The Pacific Coliseum is multi-purpose arena that holds 15,713 permanent seats, with provisions for 2,000 temporary seats for concerts and certain sports. The PNE Agrodome is a smaller indoor arena with 3,000 permanent seats, with provisions to expand up to 5,000 seats. Entertainment facilities includes

175-541: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hastings Street (Vancouver) Hastings Street is an east–west traffic corridor in the cities of Vancouver and Burnaby , British Columbia, Canada. It used to be a part of the decommissioned Highway 7A . In the central business district of downtown Vancouver , it is known as West Hastings Street ; at Carrall Street it becomes East Hastings Street and runs eastwards through East Vancouver and Burnaby. In Burnaby, there

200-630: Is no east-west designation. The street ends in Westridge , a neighbourhood at the foot of Burnaby Mountain where it joins Burnaby Mountain Parkway and diverges from the continuation of the former Highway 7A as the Barnet Highway, to Port Moody , British Columbia. Formally named in 1885 for Rear-Admiral George Fowler Hastings of the Royal Navy , the street runs past such well-known Vancouver landmarks as

225-648: The Marine Building , the Vancouver Club , Sinclair Centre , Harbour Centre (once Spencer's, Eaton's, then Sears and now the downtown campus of Simon Fraser University ), Dominion Building and Victory Square (the location of the city's original courthouse) and the Woodward's Building ; located in the old Dunn's Tailors building at Homer and West Hastings is the campus of the Vancouver Film School , while on

250-556: The Garden Auditorium, a building that features a built-in stage and dance hall. The PNE grounds also feature amphitheatre with bench-style seating for 4,500 visitors. Other buildings on the PNE grounds includes the Livestock Barns, a large multi-use facility, and the organization's administrative offices. The PNE grounds has several entrances or "gates," including the red gate off East Hastings Street and Renfrew Street, and

275-667: The Lochdale and Westridge areas. From west to east. Cape Horn Interchange Pacific National Exhibition The organization was established in 1907 as the Vancouver Exhibition Association , and organized its first fair at Hastings Park in 1910. The organization was renamed to the Pacific National Exhibition in 1946. During the mid-20th century, a number of facilities were built on the PNE grounds, including Pacific Coliseum and PNE Agrodome . In 1993,

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300-635: The PNE grounds was transformed with the demolition of a number of buildings including the Food Building, Showmart and the Poultry Building. This gave way to the Sanctuary, a parkland setting with a pond. The pond restored part of a stream that once flowed in the park out to the Burrard Inlet . The city restored a large portion of the park. Many old fair buildings have been demolished and replaced by those of

325-549: The PNE's grounds serves as a memorial for the event. The barns used for the internment of Japanese Canadians are still used to house livestock during the annual fair, and serve as storage area to house some of the PNE's property the rest of the year. On 7 February 1946, the Vancouver Exhibition Association changed its name to its current moniker, the Pacific National Exhibition ; and later reopened

350-405: The amusement park adjacent to the PNE, Playland , became a division of the PNE. The Vancouver Exhibition Association (VEA), the predecessor to the Pacific National Exhibition organization was first formed in 1907; although the association was not incorporated until 18 June 1908. The VEA had petitioned Vancouver City Council to host a fair at Hastings Park ; although faced early opposition from

375-532: The city council and the local jockey club that used the park for horse races. However, the city council eventually conceded to the VEA's request and granted the association a 5-year lease to host a fair at Hastings Park in 1909. The VEA held its first fair at Hastings Park in August 1910. It was opened by then Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier as the Vancouver Exhibition . The biggest attractions of

400-699: The corner of Cambie is the Carter-Cotton Building, the former headquarters of the Vancouver Province newspaper. East of Woodward's, the street forms the heart of Vancouver's historic original downtown, once known as the Great White Way because of its neon displays, and which is today the Downtown Eastside . Through the East End, after a stretch of warehouse-type commercial and wholesale businesses,

425-426: The fair to the public under that name in 1947. The organization was formally reincorporated as the Pacific National Exhibition in 1955. The highest attendance at the fair was recorded in 1986, with 1.1 million guests visiting the PNE, most likely due to Expo 86 that was occurring at the time. In 1993, the amusement park adjacent to the PNE, Playland , became a division of the PNE organization. During 1997-1998,

450-522: The latter serving as a memorial for the internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II. Another memorial located on the park grounds is dedicated to the 29th Battalion, (Vancouver), CEF , an infantry battalion whose lineage is perpetuated by the British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) . Approximately 24 hectares (60 acres) of Hastings Park is not managed by the Pacific National Exhibition. This includes Hastings Racecourse ,

475-641: The list. In 2020, the fair went on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic , alongside other agricultural and county fairs across Canada, including the Calgary Stampede , the Canadian National Exhibition, and K-Days . It returned in 2021 with a smaller version of the fair with limited capacity In the early hours of February 20, 2022, a major fire broke out on PNE grounds, where multiple vehicles, tools and equipment, and buildings were destroyed as

500-652: The purple gate off East Hastings Street. Both gates are situated in the southern portion of the PNE grounds, with the latter gate also the main entrance to Playland. Several gates are located in the northern portion of the PNE grounds, with the yellow gate situated off Renfrew Street near the Pacific Coliseum, while the green gate is located along Miller Drive. There exists several parking lots on site, with two parking lots off Renfrew Street and another off Bridgeway Street. The PNE also operates another parking lot south of Playland, across East Hastings. The PNE also operates

525-427: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hastings Street . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hastings_Street&oldid=1066138978 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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550-450: The street forms one of the commercial cores for Vancouver's Italian community in a mixed-ethnicity retail area in the area of Nanaimo Street, just east of which the Pacific National Exhibition and Playland are on the city of Vancouver's eastern fringe. After leaving Vancouver, Hastings forms the core of a Burnaby retail neighbourhood known as the Heights and then traverses Capitol Hill to

575-551: The two-week fair are its numerous shops, stalls, performances, a nightly fireworks show, and the exhibition's Prize Home. From its beginnings, the exhibition was used as a showcase for the region's agriculture and economy. In the initial years of the Second World War , the fairgrounds saw an increased military presence. However, the exhibition itself was not cancelled until 1942, after the Canadian declaration of war against Japan

600-661: Was issued. From 1942 to 1946 the exhibition and fair was closed, and like the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, served as a military training facility for the duration of World War II. During this time, the exhibition barns that were used to house livestock, were used as processing centres for interned Japanese Canadians from all over British Columbia. The interned Japanese Canadians were later shipped away to other internment camps throughout British Columbia, and Alberta. The Momiji (Japanese word for Maple) Gardens on

625-601: Was launched and the riot was stopped, seven people were arrested and the venue suffered millions of dollars of property damages, although no major injuries were reported. In September 19, 2023, a year after the riot, the Vancouver Police Department charged an additional 15 people with crimes related to the riot following an extensive investigation which included reviewing and analyzing video posted to social media by attendees. The Pacific National Exhibition occupies approximately 42 hectares (105 acres) at Hastings Park,

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