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There will no pedestrian access into B.C. Place stadium from SkyTrain’s Expo Line Stadium-Chinatown station, nor from the Canada Line’s Yaletown-Roundhouse station, on game days during the 2026 World Cup in June and July.
Spectators arriving by transit will be directed to take the SkyTrain to the Expo Line’s Main Street-Science World station.
From there, they will head toward a single entrance into the stadium by walking along a designated “last-mile pedestrian area,” which is a path from Quebec Street to Pacific Boulevard.
“This will be different for locals who are used to accessing B.C. Place stadium from Stadium SkyTrain station, but pedestrian and street access to B.C. Place will be closed on match days,” said TransLink spokesperson Anita Bathe.
She clarified that residents who live and work in the Stadium-Chinatown station area will still be able to use the station’s upper-level entry and exit gates.
TransLink said Tuesday it is planning to expand its public transit services so hundreds of thousands of fans can move smoothly across Metro Vancouver and get to and from games.
With 100 days left until the start of the event, TransLink said there will be major increases to bus, SkyTrain, SeaBus and West Coast Express services during the four-week sporting event.
It will, for example, be adding around 600 additional bus trips per day.
The authority said that transit will be the fastest and easiest way to get to B.C. Place and the FIFA Fan Festival location near the PNE. On match days, there will be temporary road closures, controlled areas, and traffic management measures near these venues.
The additional bus trips will include routes going to the FIFA Fan Festival Vancouver area at the PNE with a shuttle between the PNE, the Expo Line and the Millennium Line. There will also be more service throughout the downtown core.
“Empty trains will be strategically arriving at Main Street-Science World (station), so that when the matches are over and the crowds pour out, we have enough capacity for people. Trains will also run every two to three minutes before and after matches. For matches with 9 p.m. kickoffs, the SkyTrain will be running later, and people will be able to catch the train until 2:15 a.m.,” said Bathe.
The SeaBus between Vancouver and the North Shore will increase from departing every 15 minutes to departing every 10 minutes.
Additional buses will be ready to respond to changing conditions or crowd surges.
“There will be dispatchers working around the clock to make sure that if anything needs to change in our plan, we can react as quickly as possible,” said Bathe.
TransLink’s budget for the World Cup event is $21.6 million. It includes “increased service, improved wayfinding, and extra on-the-ground staffing. It is funded through the City of Vancouver Host Committee’s funding framework, net of any incremental ridership revenue during the tournament,” according to Bathe.