• Supposed to be a white roof there

The roof of BC Place Stadium collapses in the snow and wind - before and after

Taken just before 1:30 p.m. on January 5, 2007. See the blog post.

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  1. Derek K. Miller (66 months ago | reply)

    Here's what it looked like before the collapse.
    Before the collapse

  2. Meighan (66 months ago | reply)

    holy crap

  3. RobCottingham (66 months ago | reply)

    Yikes!

  4. aliyam [deleted] (66 months ago | reply)

    Yours is the only photo I can find! Thanks for sharing....The view looks really odd without the big white fluffy pillow :S

  5. feeb (66 months ago | reply)

    Is that plume of smoke/steam related?

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  7. cathycracks (66 months ago | reply)

    holy jesus

  8. Derek K. Miller (66 months ago | reply)

    No, the steam is from the building next door, which always does that.

  9. paul_8085 (66 months ago | reply)

    Hey thanks! You have the best photo of this event yet!

  10. Jennie Faber (66 months ago | reply)

    /cry

    I used to walk by the marshmallow every day on my way to work. If only I'd known that was the last time I'd see it, I would have stood in awe of its pillowiness just a moment longer...

  11. kk+ (66 months ago | reply)

    crazy... nice work man.

  12. barakuds (66 months ago | reply)

    the steam comes from central heat distribution. they do just that. Good Job. couldn't find any photo on google yet.

  13. James_Chung (66 months ago | reply)

    Ohh my.. thats nuts.

    It SNOW again in Vancouver. I think Al Glore is right about this Global Warming thing. Its 10 degree and cloudy in Waterloo and have not snow since early December. Its super mild winter for Ontario standards.

  14. Uncleweed (66 months ago | reply)

    Note: Blogged at GetElastic, Urban Vancouver and Ephemeral Feasthouse + see Derek Miller’s Penmachine and CBC and Vancouver Sun and Now Public.
    Digg this story

  15. Uncleweed (66 months ago | reply)

    I remember when they first inflated it using a whole batch of 747 engines inside. I also remember seeing the 2nd concert ever there with David Bowie, Peter Gabriel and the Tubes in 1983.

  16. Uncleweed (66 months ago | reply)

    Here is an article i wrote in 1979 about BC place when they were first considering the plan to build at 60,000+ seat stadium in Vancouver - view large to read the story.

  17. rbrtwhite (66 months ago | reply)

    dudes, this is nuts.

  18. James_Chung (66 months ago | reply)

    here is the video link of the BC Place collapses

  19. Derek K. Miller (66 months ago | reply)

    A bunch more at YouTube now too.

  20. pearson roofing (5 months ago | reply)

    wow

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