Kerrisdale Arena

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Kerrisdale Arena
Kerrisdale Arena c.1950.png
The stadium in 1950, shortly after completion
LocationEast Boulevard, Kerrisdale, Vancouver, Canada
Openedstart 1949;76 years ago (1949)

The Kerrisdale Arena today called the Kerrisdale Cyclone Taylor Arena is a multi-purpose facility on East Boulevard, Kerrisdale, Vancouver, Canada.

History

Situated on East Boulevard, the arena was built in 1949 as a hockey arena. Ice hockey player Cyclone Taylor was instrumental in raising funds for the $400,000 project and the venue opened in November 1949. [1]

Wrestling at the Kerrisdale Arena during the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
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Wrestling at the Kerrisdale Arena during the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Attribution:Province newspaper

The venue played host to the wrestling events during the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. [2]

Vancouver's first rock concert took place at the arena on 27 June 1956, when Bill Haley and the Comets played. The venue later hosted acts such as Ozzy Osbourne, Jimmy Page, Frank Zappa and Motorhead. During the summer lacrosse, basketball, and wrestling took place at the arena. [1] Ice hockey teams, the Kerrisdale Monarchs (Vancouver Wheelers) played at the arena in the 1950s and the Vancouver Nats used the arena during the 1971-72 and 1972-73 seasons. [3]

Today the arena serves two purposes, as an ice skating [4] and ice hockey arena for seven months of the year and in winter and as an indoor playground from April to August. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "The rock 'n' roll history of Cyclone Taylor Arena". Straight. 26 December 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  2. "Wednesday at the BEG". Vancouver Sun. 3 August 1954. p. 14. Retrieved 20 September 2025 via Google Newspapers.
  3. "Kerrisdale Monarchs / Vancouver Wheelers Statistics and History". Hockey Database. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  4. "Kerrisdale Cyclone Taylor Arena". Kerrisdale Community Centre. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  5. "Kerrisdale Cyclone Taylor Arena". City of Vancouver. Retrieved 26 September 2025.