BC Place Northern Lights in Ukrainian colours to start March lighting schedule
March 1st, 2022
Month’s illumination includes special Maple Leaf animation for Canadian Paralympic athletes
VANCOUVER, BC – BC Place’s Northern Lights display is glowing in blue and yellow at the top of each hour, beginning this past Sunday, February 27, as a symbolic initiative in solidarity with the Ukrainian community in British Columbia and around the world.
Special illumination shows scheduled this month include a Maple Leaf animation for Canadian athletes at the XIII Paralympic Winter Games on March 4, and a unique Garden light display during the BC Home + Garden Show from March 10 to 13.
Other community initiatives to be amplified using the stadium’s illumination show are:
- Amyloidosis Awareness Month
- HERstory of Hope (International Women’s Day)
- World Down Syndrome Day
- World Water Day
- Colorectal Awareness Month
- World Tubercolosis Day
- Endometriosis Awareness Month
- International Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness
Follow the stadium’s social media accounts on Twitter and Instagram for the latest on the Northern Lights display.
Below is the complete Northern Lights Display schedule for March (subject to change).
Top of each hour: blue & yellow for Ukraine
Friday, March 4, 2022: Maple Leaf animation for Canadian athletes at Winter Paralympics
Saturday, March 5, 2022: blue & white for Whitecaps FC match
Monday, March 7, 2022: red for Amyloidosis Awareness Month
Tuesday, March 8, 2022: yellow for HERstory of Hope (International Women’s Day)
March 10 to 13: Garden animation for BC Home + Garden Show
Thursday, March 17, 2022: green for St. Patrick's Day
Monday, March 21, 2022: blue & yellow for World Down Syndrome Day
Tuesday, March 22, 2022: blue for World Water Day
Wednesday, March 23, 2022: blue for Colorectal Awareness Month
Thursday, March 24, 2022: red for World Tubercolosis Day
Friday, March 25, 2022: yellow for Endometriosis Awareness Month
Saturday, March 26, 2022: purple for International Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness
Image credit: Olena Struk