Tuesday announcement by the City of Surrey of plans for a 10,000-seat arena with the Vancouver Giants as a tenant. <\/a><\/p>\nWoodward said the relocation of the Giants was something that won\u2019t happen for several years.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy first reaction is to congratulate the City of Surrey and the Vancouver Giants and [owner] Ron Toigo on what sounds like a pretty exciting announcement,\u201d Woodward said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we certainly [will] wait to see if their potential relocation moves forward. And we\u2019re here to support them in any way that we can over the next five years.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for the possible impact on the Langley Events Centre, Woodward pointed out the LEC was operating for \u201csix or seven years\u201d before the Giants moved in.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe LEC was created long before the Giants ever contemplated locating there,\u201d Woodward commented.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are also great opportunities to review and investigate other options over the next five years to ensure that the LEC continues to be well used and taken care of.\u201d<\/p>\n
Giants moved to Langley ahead of the 2016-17 Western Hockey League season, playing their first game at the Langley Events Centre in September 2016, after spending their first 15 years in the PNE\u2019s Coliseum.<\/p>\n
At the time, the LEC was home to the junior \u2018A\u2019 Langley Rivermen of the BCHL, who relocated to the smaller George Preston arena in Langley\u2019s Brookswood neighbourhood.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just think it\u2019s important to note that sometimes we see these announcements at election time,\u201d Woodward commented.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll wait to see a groundbreaking and a crane in the air, and then I think we\u2019ll start to look at what the plan is.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ron Toigo, majority owner and president of the Vancouver Giants, said the team was \u201cthrilled to be part of this amazing venue [in Surrey].\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a transformational decision for the Vancouver Giants and one that positions our organization for long-term success,\u201d Toigo said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMoving into a brand-new, state-of-the-art arena in Surrey City Centre gives us the opportunity to bid on premier events such as the IIHF World Junior Championship and the Memorial Cup. It will provide an outstanding experience for our players, fans and partners in a building that is designed for the future. We\u2019re grateful to the Township of Langley for its support and look forward to spending at least three more seasons there. With Michael Dyck back in the fold, we\u2019re excited to get back to our winning ways.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Township Mayor reacts to news of \u2018potential\u2019 Giants move to Surrey Published 12:01 pm Tuesday, June 30, 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-775527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}