Pacific National Exhibition

• PNE draws over 626K people as attendance edges towards pre-pandemic levels

  More than 626,000 people attended the PNE in Vancouver this year, up about 100,000 from 2022, and closing in on the 730,000 who came in 2019, the last year before the pandemic.

  Economy

  Sep 5, 2023
  
• Playland’s iconic ‘clickety-clack’ wooden roller coaster turns 65

  The structure, which cost $200,000 to build, is made entirely from B.C. Douglas fir and has thrilled more than 32 million riders in its 65 years.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2023
  
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• PNE announces new $9-million roller-coaster investment for 2024

  The Pacific National Exhibition (PNE), along with the owners of Playland, announced Friday a $9-million investment into a new roller-coaster.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2022
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• Owner ‘very disappointed’ Those Little Donuts won’t be back at Vancouver’s PNE this year

  The mini donut company has been a staple of the amusement park since 1976, having missed only one year of sales there in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

  Consumer

  Aug 15, 2022
• B-52s, Cake and the Beach Boys among PNE 2022 summer concert headliners

  The Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) has unveiled the lineup for its annual Summer Nights concert series featuring some major blasts from the past.

  Canada

  May 25, 2022
• No injuries after PNE buildings rocked by ‘suspicious’ fire and explosions

  The incident happened at a warehouse at the PNE works yard, before spreading to a nearby sign shop. Fortunately no one was hurt.

  Fire

  Feb 20, 2022
• PNE returns for 111th year with stripped down fair amid COVID-19 pandemic

  PNE president and CEO Shelley Frost said the 2021 event is operating at about 25 per cent capacity, in order to maintain COVID-19 safety protocols.

  Health

  Aug 21, 2021
• PNE goes back to ‘FUNdamentals,’ as stripped-down, COVID-era fair opens Saturday

  The Pacific National Exhibition will open its gates for an in-person event, though smaller than in pervious years and with COVID-19 measures in place.

  Entertainment

  Aug 19, 2021
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• PNE cancels in-person fair for 2021

  In a statement, organizers said even a modified, lower-capacity in-person PNE Fair will not be possible in 2021.

  News

  May 5, 2021
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• PNE at risk of folding without $8M provincial bailout, says fair and Vancouver mayor

  "COVID is unprecedented and the PNE needs our help now. Otherwise, and to be frank, we risk losing it," Mayor Kennedy Stewart said.

  Economy

  Apr 30, 2021