GM PLACE TO HOST Phoenix Suns vs portland Trail blazers pre-season game:

Vancouver, B.C. (Jul.29.2009) - Canucks Sports & Entertainment and General Motors Place announced today that Vancouver will host an NBA Pre-Season game between the Phoenix Suns and the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday, October 22nd.

The Phoenix Suns pre-season home game at General Motors Place will feature Victoria, BC, native Steve Nash along with a roster that includes Grant Hill and Amare Stoudemire. The Portland Trail Blazers roster features All-Star guard and 2007 NBA Rookie-of-the-Year, Brandon Roy along with former first overall pick, centre Greg Oden. General Motors Place last played host to a sold-out pre-season game between the Suns and Seattle Sonics back in October of 2007.

Tickets for the game range from $17 to $91 for bowl seats and a limited number of floor seats will be availble, please inquire for availability and prices. Fans can purchase tickets beginning, Saturday, August 8th at 10:00 am and they are available through Ticketmaster.ca, Charge-by-Phone 604.280.4400 and all Ticketmaster Ticket Centres.

Canucks Sports & Entertainment will make a donation to the Steve Nash Foundation with partial proceeds from the event going to the local BC community. Since 2005, the Steve Nash Foundation's BC grants initiative has funded capital projects for child-focused non-profits delivering health and education services to British Columbia's youth. To date, grants have fostered increased access to resources for children in cities all over the province, form the Sunshine Coast to Steve's hometown in Victoria to East Vancouver to further east in Salmon Arm and north to Smithers. Fans will also have the opportunity to make their own assist to the Foundation through additional donations via Ticketmaster at the time of ticket purchase.

GM Place Sound Upgrade:

Vancouver, B.C. (Oct.23.2008) - Canucks Sports & Entertainment announced today the completion a multimillion dollar enhancement to Vancouver’s General Motors Place featuring the replacement of the existing speakers and sound system infrastructure with state-of-the-art components primarily manufactured by L-Acoustics. Home of the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League, General Motors Place is one of the most active sports and entertainment venues in North America.

“Canucks Sports & Entertainment is extremely pleased to announce improvements to our sound system at General Motors for the 2008-09 NHL season,” said Harvey Jones, Vice President & General Manager, Arena Operations, Canucks Sports & Entertainment. “We have installed an integrated system highlighted by the L-Acoustics speakers that will help ensure our fans receive the ultimate audio quality to enhance their sports and entertainment experience.”

The new sound system was installed by Rocky Mountain Production Services and features improvements to the main speakers, intercom, wireless and sound system infrastructures at General Motors Place. The main speakers consist of six line source arrays suspended over the ice, with 360°coverage from seats behind the glass to the Level 500 suites. The design allows an audio technician to vary sound levels according to the particular needs of the building. Geometrically centered between each speaker array is two separate subwoofer arrays, each consisting of eight SB28s. Upgrades to the centre hung scoreboard include the addition of six ARCS speakers to improve on-ice coverage. The entire system is driven by 23 LA8 amplifiers on a redundant fibre network.