Surrey, B.C., to build 10,000-seat arena to host WHL’s Vancouver Giants
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SURREY – The Metro Vancouver city of Surrey has announced it is going ahead with the development of a 10,000-seat arena that will become the new home of the Western Hockey League’s Vancouver Giants when it’s complete.
The city and the Surrey City Development Corp. say they have agreed in principle to develop the arena on a two-hectare parcel of land near city hall, to be completed by 2030.
The cost of the arena is estimated at $360 million, with funding already allocated in Surrey’s 2026 budget.
The project will also include a luxury hotel, conference space and housing, and the arena can also play host to concerts and cultural events.
The Giants currently play at the 5,200-seat Langley Events Centre, the team’s home since the 2016-2017 season after it moved out of Vancouver’s Pacific Coliseum.
Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke says the city will acquire the land needed for the arena through a land swap for three other city-owned parcels.
Locke says the project, once complete, will generate an estimated $2.4 billion in economic benefits over the facility’s first 10 years of operation.
“When we say big things are happening in Surrey, we mean it, and a new arena of this scale is as big as it gets,” Locke says in a statement.
Vancouver Giants majority owner Ron Toigo says in the same statement that the WHL club is “thrilled” about its future home and adds the venue “will change the face of Surrey like never before.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 30, 2026.