The PNE fair has been held at Hastings Park in Vancouver every year since it began in 1910. The park is in the northeastern corner of the city, and the fair encouraged development in that direction to expand the city. The 162-acre Hastings Park is managed by the PNE and is home to the now permanent amusement park called Playland.
Playland is the center of the modern-day PNE fair and is home to one of the world’s best examples of a wooden rollercoaster structure. Built in 1958, the rollercoaster is still ridden today by around 500,000 visitors each year.
Playland was founded in 1910 when the first PNE fair was held and has increased in size since then. In 1926 the amusement park was sufficiently developed to have its own identity within Hastings Park and was named Happy Land. In 1958 the amusement park moved location, the roller coaster was built, and it was renamed Playland.
Hastings Park has been developed considerably over the years and is now a venue for horse racing, indoor sports at the Pacific Coliseum, concerts, and conventions. Many of the original buildings were knocked down during a restoration project which began in 1997 in order to return the park to its original purpose as a green space.
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