Mayor Ken Sim: 'Personally, I would love to throw a party right now, but we have to be responsible.'
The Vancouver Canucks’ playoff run to the Stanley Cup continues Tuesday at Rogers Arena but fans wanting to watch the game against the Nashville Predators at a sanctioned public viewing site will not have an opportunity.
“Personally, I would love to throw a party right now, but we have to be responsible,” said Sim, who wore his Canucks jersey to council meetings last week and raised the Canucks’ flag at city hall. “I don't think you can just say, ‘Hey look, we want to have a party, let's have fun and not listen to the experts and the people that have history,’” said Sim, describing the VPD as “the best police service on the planet.”
'Great numbers were drunk' The report said the VPD had “a good plan” to police the game and the aftermath. The plan had changed little from previous games when it had worked successfully, except the number of officers assigned increased from just over 200 to 446. But as the report pointed out, crowds were largely behaved through all playoff games leading up to Game 7. On Game 6, the public viewing site outside the CBC building on Hamilton Street was filled with people, including young families, cordially sitting on the street.
'Consumed too much alcohol' The VPD said in a news release April 22 after the Canucks won the first game against the Predators at Rogers Arena that they had concerns with people drinking too much alcohol in public.
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