The 10,500-seat Denman Arena, the second largest venue in North America after Madison Square Gardens, is destroyed by a fire that spread from a nearby shipyard in Coal Harbour.
The 25-year-old wooden arena was home to the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Millionaires, who won the Stanley Cup inside the rink in 1915, and the first artificial ice surface in Canada.
Seven industrial buildings, two houses and 58 boats were also destroyed in the blaze, although the arena's concrete floor survived and was eventually turned into an outdoor dancefloor named the Starlight.
The arena's former location at the corner of Georgia and Denman is now part of Devonian Harbour Park.
