The City of Vancouver will host viewing parties for the Canucks91裸聊视频� Round 2 playoff series against the Edmonton Oilers starting with Game 3 on Sunday.

Mayor Ken Sim and others have previously expressed concern about large-scale events for the playoffs, given Vancouver91裸聊视频檚 history of Stanley Cup riots.

But Sim now says a lot of thought and planning has gone into events set to take place at a park located far from the downtown core, where hordes of drunken fans rioted after the Canucks91裸聊视频� Game 7 Stanley Cup loss to the Boston Bruins in 2011. There were also riots in 1994 after a Game 7 loss to the New York Rangers.

91裸聊视频淎 lot of the individuals who were working on this year91裸聊视频檚, you know, festivities, they were there in 2011 and so they had a lot of lived experiences, and from that came a plan that was put together with a lot of thought,91裸聊视频� Sim told a news conference on Wednesday.

Those organizers are not alone in reflecting on Vancouver91裸聊视频檚 troubled relationship with the playoffs, as the Canucks enter Round 2 with a game at Rogers Arena tonight.

At the Granville Sports Corner team merchandise store, manager Mick Jackson applauded the decision to keep viewing events out of downtown Vancouver.

91裸聊视频淚 think it91裸聊视频檚 a good idea, it should work out well 91裸聊视频� the further we go in the playoffs, of course, it will intensify. It91裸聊视频檚 exciting times,91裸聊视频� said Jackson, who has been working at the store on Granville Street for 17 years.

He added: 91裸聊视频淥f course the riots were terrible, we have to avoid that.91裸聊视频�

Simon Coutts said he remembered being 91裸聊视频渉eckled91裸聊视频� by passersby as he boarded up his bike shop on Vancouver91裸聊视频檚 Robson Street before the 2011 loss.

Simon91裸聊视频檚 Bike Shop had been in business since 1986, and Coutts said the 1994 riot made him take precautions when the Canucks made the final again.

91裸聊视频淚n 2011, I was out on the street every day. I was watching the parties, watching the people,91裸聊视频� Coutts said on Tuesday. 91裸聊视频淭here were just too many people out of control downtown and there91裸聊视频檚 drinking and all sorts of stuff 91裸聊视频� and then I guess you could say all hell broke loose.91裸聊视频�

Sim had previously acknowledged the riots at a news conference last month, saying the city had 91裸聊视频渁 history91裸聊视频� and it would need to make sure any playoff viewing event would be very safe.

At the time, he said the city was 91裸聊视频渘ot just gonna say, 91裸聊视频楬ey let91裸聊视频檚 throw a party, this time91裸聊视频檚 gonna be different.91裸聊视频� What we learned in the past was, that91裸聊视频檚 what they thought in 2011.91裸聊视频�

Sim said Sunday91裸聊视频檚 viewing party is at Oak Meadows Park, which can hold about 2,000 people, in the South Cambie neighbourhood.

Select community centres across the city will also show the games in their lobbies.

If the Canucks advance to the third round, Sim said the city is planning a licensed outdoor viewing experience at the Pacific National Exhibition. The venue would allow up to 6,000 fans to gather.

Sim said the whole city wanted to celebrate the team91裸聊视频檚 success this year, and their planning aimed to ensure fans could enjoy the playoffs 91裸聊视频渞esponsibly.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淭his is an opportunity that doesn91裸聊视频檛 come up often, and we have an amazing team,91裸聊视频� he said.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 also a time to show off the fact that Vancouver fans can celebrate in a family friendly, fun and safe way.91裸聊视频�

Vancouver police spokesperson Const. Tania Visintin said Wednesday that the department 91裸聊视频渄efinitely91裸聊视频� supported the neighbourhood viewing areas.

91裸聊视频淭hese smaller, community based family-focused gatherings are more conducive to maintaining public safety,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 more appropriate than having a larger one, like the one we91裸聊视频檝e seen in years past downtown, which only created issues for us.91裸聊视频�

She said police will work with the city to continue to avoid such large viewing areas.

Rogers Arena has been hosting a crowd to watch the big screen while the games are being played in opposition cities.

Tickets costing $20 for an arena seat go on sale on the Canucks website on Thursday, with proceeds benefiting the Canucks for Kids Fund.

Police have handed out 20 to 30 tickets for open alcohol, fighting and other infractions when fans have gathered around Rogers Arena during recent playoff game days. Visintin said they91裸聊视频檝e made a few arrests.

91裸聊视频淲e know these large, fan-based zones in the downtown core, it just wouldn91裸聊视频檛 work. It hasn91裸聊视频檛 worked in the past and it won91裸聊视频檛 work this time.91裸聊视频�

Ian Tostenson, CEO of the BC Restaurant & Food Services Association, said in an interview on Tuesday that he supported a 91裸聊视频渃autious approach91裸聊视频� to Stanley Cup celebrations given the city91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渢rack record.91裸聊视频�

The viewing parties for away games, he said, offered a more 91裸聊视频渃ontrolled91裸聊视频� environment than inviting thousands of people downtown as happened in 2011.

91裸聊视频淏ig events like FIFA and big concerts and stuff, we91裸聊视频檙e able to do that really well,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚 just worry that if we just kind of recklessly sort of go, throw some TVs up and invite, you know, 20,000 people on Georgia Street again, I just predict there91裸聊视频檚 going to be trouble somewhere.91裸聊视频�

He said holding another large public viewing party downtown carried risks because if 91裸聊视频渟omething goes terribly wrong, it91裸聊视频檚 just going to set us back years and I think we91裸聊视频檝e made some progress here.91裸聊视频�

For Coutts 91裸聊视频� a Canucks season ticket holder 91裸聊视频� lingering memories of the 2011 riot make him think a 91裸聊视频渂ig party91裸聊视频� isn91裸聊视频檛 a good idea, but family-friendly gatherings at Rogers Arena for away games have been both controlled and successful.

91裸聊视频淩ight now, my feeling is a good feeling, so I don91裸聊视频檛 have the same feeling I had last time,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淣o one wants a repeat.91裸聊视频�

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