{"id":915414,"date":"2026-09-30T14:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/915414\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:40:20","slug":"amazing-race-making-vancouver-debut-at-several-popular-spots-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/915414\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Amazing Race&#8217; making Vancouver debut at several popular spots | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new season of The Amazing Race premieres on Wednesday, Sept. 30, and Vancouver fans are excited as the city is playing an important role in the reality competition.<\/p>\n<p>The 15-time Emmy-winning show hosted by Phil Keoghan is kicking off Season 39 in downtown Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>Keoghan welcomed this season\u2019s racers as well as fans from the Jack Poole Plaza in Coal Harbour in a recent promo video posted to social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs everybody ready to race?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hype video for the CBS original series shows Amazing Race participants bungee jump off of the world\u2019s second-largest four-sided centre-hung HD video board inside BC Place.<\/p>\n<p>Another clip shows a team flying over Vancouver in a Harbour Air plane.<\/p>\n<p>And photos posted on the official social media channels include teams kayaking in Burrard Inlet.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Amazing Race\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2315560\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amazing-Race-1-1024x731.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2315560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Amazing Race (CBS)<\/p>\n<p>Jack Poole Plaza is home to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/vancouver-olympic-cauldron-design-jack-poole-plaza-2010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Olympic Cauldron<\/a> from the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.<\/p>\n<p>It is also\u00a0home to the annual\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/vancouver-christmas-market-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vancouver Christmas Market<\/a>, a popular German-style holiday event featuring plenty of artisans and makers at over 90 wooden huts.<\/p>\n<p>BC Place was also recently named among the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/bc-place-stadium-concerts-live-music-venue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">world\u2019s 20 best stadiums for concerts and live music<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Amazing Race\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2315568\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amazing-Race-2-1024x576.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2315568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Amazing Race (CBS)<\/p>\n<p>This will be only the third time that The Amazing Race has stopped in Canada, and the first time in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>In Season 8, released in 2005, teams flew to Montreal to try and find a clue in the Underground City by the Square-Victoria Metro Station.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, competitors in Season 5 travelled to Calgary and had to choose between a luge ride on an Olympic course or a mountain bike challenge through a snowy slalom ski course to get their next clue.<\/p>\n<p>Are you excited to see Vancouver get its turn in The Amazing Race spotlight? 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