TSN's World Cup studio at Jack Poole Plaza closed after month-long run
The Bell Media broadcast pavilion and free public screening site wrapped Tuesday after hosting tens of thousands during Vancouver's FIFA coverage.
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The temporary TSN/CTV broadcast studio and free public live match screening site at Jack Poole Plaza in Downtown Vancouver closed Tuesday, July 7, after a nearly month-long run that turned Coal Harbour's waterfront into one of the most visible Canadian backdrops of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The Bell Media-branded pavilion opened Thursday, June 11, in time for the start of TSN and a reporter, and closed after the seventh and final FIFA World Cup match at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver. It drew tens of thousands of people cumulatively to Jack Poole Plaza to watch matches over its operating period, and became as much a public gathering space as a broadcast facility.
The setup featured a pair of giant outdoor screens for free live match screenings. Many Metro Vancouver residents wished the installation could have stayed in place through the championship final on July 19, but from the outset, Bell Media's decision to close the broadcast set and live match screening experience was aligned with the start of the tournament period and the end of Vancouver's match schedule window.
BC Event Management (BCEM), the company behind the plaza's previous Fox Sports pavilion for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, handled construction and removal for this year's activation. The site is highly complicated to build on — the 50,000-square-foot public plaza sits directly above interior spaces of the Vancouver Convention Centre's West Building, including a below-grade vehicle parkade and part of a vast exhibition hall with 30-foot-high ceilings. BCEM crews began a nine-day process of removing the installations from Jack Poole Plaza on Wednesday, July 8.
