PNE Garden Auditorium is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Vancouver, Canada, located on the grounds of the Pacific National Exhibition. It opened in 1940 and was known as the Exhibition Garden. [1] [2]
During World War II, the Pacific National Exhibition was closed and the fairgrounds served as a military training facility. It was also used as a detainment centre for interned Japanese Canadians. [3]
From the mid-1950s until 1980, it was a very popular concert venue, hosting artists such as Ike & Tina Turner, [4] the Police, Tom Petty, Meat Loaf, Blondie, Rush, Heart, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kiss, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, the Kinks and Little Richard. [5] A Grateful Dead live album, July 29 1966, P.N.E. Garden Aud., Vancouver Canada , was recorded at the auditorium. [6] [7]