Freedom Mobile last Friday marked the opening of the Freedom Mobile Arch, a new outdoor venue for music and cultural events, located in Vancouver’s Hastings Park at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE).
Freedom Mobile holds the naming rights to the new venue, which is an upgrade of the PNE’s former amphitheatre facility previously situated in the same location.
Developed in collaboration with the PNE — which is owned and managed by the City of Vancouver — the Freedom Mobile Arch features “North America’s largest clean-span wood roof and is set to become a premier destination for live entertainment and cultural programming in the province,” said a Tuesday press release from Freedom Mobile.
The venue’s opening “reflects Freedom Mobile’s growing presence and continued investment in British Columbia,” the Quebec-based wireless company said.
“The Freedom Mobile Arch embodies our commitment to investing in the communities we serve,” Freedom Mobile President and CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said in the press release. “We are genuinely honoured to have our name associated with this world-class venue, and with the generations of memories that will be made here. Being part of Vancouver and BC’s cultural history, alongside an institution as iconic as the PNE, is a real privilege.”
The June 5 opening of the new facility was celebrated with an evening concert hosted by Jann Arden and featuring more than 200 performers including Colin James and Tyson Venegas.
Photo via Freedom Mobile
