{"id":819549,"date":"2026-07-22T22:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819549\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T22:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:38:13","slug":"fifa-world-cup-goal-nets-from-bc-place-become-hammocks-across-vancouver-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819549\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup goal nets from BC Place become hammocks across Vancouver | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"

The soccer goal nets used at BC Place Stadium during all seven FIFA World Cup matches have been repurposed for whimsical new public installations at popular Metro Vancouver attractions and destinations.<\/p>\n

These are the same nets that were part of historic moments for the countries that competed at the stadium, including Canada\u2019s exhilarating 6-0 victory over Qatar, which marked the Canadian men\u2019s first-ever FIFA World Cup win.<\/p>\n

The first of the fully functional soccer-net hammocks are now available for the public to enjoy atop Grouse Mountain \u2014 joining the summertime installation of the largest Canada flag ever made<\/a> \u2014 as well as at Stanley Park, Kitsilano Beach Pool, and VanDusen Botanical Garden.<\/p>\n

Another installation is scheduled to be added next week at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver\u2019s Chinatown.<\/p>\n

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BC Place Stadium\u2019s FIFA World Cup-era soccer nets turned into hammocks atop Grouse Mountain. (Grouse Mountain)<\/p>\n

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BC Place Stadium\u2019s FIFA World Cup-era soccer nets turned into hammocks atop Grouse Mountain. (Grouse Mountain)<\/p>\n

Additional hammocks will be provided by the Swiss Football Association and Football Australia, whose national teams both enjoyed memorable and successful stays in Vancouver during the tournament.<\/p>\n

The multi-location activation, called \u201cHammock Goals,\u201d is part of Destination Vancouver\u2019s \u201cRecouver\u201d tourism campaign associated with the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FIFA World Cup was an incredible spectacle, one filled with passion, energy and stressful moments,\u201d said Stefan Hawes, the vice president of global marketing for Destination Vancouver, in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut once that final whistle blows, Vancouver offers something just as important: a place to slow down, reconnect with nature and recharge. Whether it\u2019s relaxing in a hammock overlooking the mountains, or unwinding beside the ocean, these are the moments that help visitors leave feeling better than when they arrived. That\u2019s what it means to Recouver in Vancouver.\u201d<\/p>\n

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BC Place Stadium\u2019s FIFA World Cup-era soccer nets turned into hammocks atop Grouse Mountain. (Grouse Mountain)<\/p>\n

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BC Place Stadium\u2019s FIFA World Cup-era soccer nets turned into hammocks atop Grouse Mountain. (Grouse Mountain)<\/p>\n

The final process for this activation came together over the past two weeks, after Vancouver\u2019s final match.<\/p>\n

The removal process for the temporary natural grass field at BC Place Stadium<\/a> began about two days after the final match on July 7 between Switzerland and Colombia. A new replacement artificial turf will take its place.<\/p>\n

The stadium\u2019s first event after the FIFA World Cup will be the BC Lions match against the Toronto Argonauts on July 25. This will be followed by the Vancouver Whitecaps FC match against Los Angeles FC on Aug. 1.<\/p>\n

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Colombia vs. Switzerland match during the FIFA World Cup at BC Place Stadium on July 7, 2026. (Kenneth Chan)<\/p>\n

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BC Place Stadium\u2019s FIFA World Cup match between Canada and Qatar on June 18, 2026. (Kenneth Chan)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The soccer goal nets used at BC Place Stadium during all seven FIFA World Cup matches have been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-819549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819549","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=819549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}