Mother's Day and the playoffs face off in a quiet Vancouver suburb
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In the quiet and leafy Vancouver neighbourhood of South Cambie, best known for its botanical garden, playoff fever is about to set in.
In the quiet and leafy Vancouver neighbourhood of South Cambie, best known for its botanical garden, playoff fever is about to set in.
The neighbourhood is expecting thousands of Vancouver Canucks fans for a viewing party on Sunday evening at Oak Meadows Park, as the team faces the Edmonton Oilers for Game 3 of their Stanley Cup playoffs series.
The location, across the road from the VanDusen Botanical Garden and far from the city's downtown core, is not exactly a nightlife hot spot.
That's the idea — before announcing the location, Mayor Ken Sim had said he was aware of the city's "history" with the playoffs that included downtown riots in 1994 and 2011.
The goal at Oak Meadows Park is not a drunken eruption of fandom — Sim said on Wednesday he want to show that Vancouver fans can celebrate in a way that is "family-friendly, fun and safe."
Not everyone is happy about the event, at least, not with its timing, that coincides with what is one of the busiest days on the South Cambie calendar — Mother's Day.
Shaughnessy Restaurant on the VanDusen grounds is one of the neighbourhood's few restaurants.
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