B.C.'s top doctor approves plan to have Vancouver serve as an NHL hub city

The city of Vancouver has cleared a major hurdle in its bid to serve as one of two hub cities in the NHL's 24-team Return to Play plan. British Columbia's provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, has approved the plan from the the B.C. government that would allow the Vancouver to relax quarantine restrictions should the city be chosen.

Modification to the quarantine plan allowing a team to remain in a bubble as long as they all stay in one hotel and travel to the arena in private transportation. The players would not be allowed to have an interaction with the public for a 14-day period and testing for COVID-19 is the responsibility of the club and the league.

“The Vancouver Canucks proposal for an NHL hub city has been approved by the public health officer, Dr. Henry, and our governments,” Premier John Horgan said. “As a result, I've written to the prime minister advising him that Vancouver and British Columbia would welcome the NHL, as per the plan that was put together by the Vancouver Canucks the NHL and, of course, public health officials.”

“So it is an amendment to the quarantine. It's not changing it in any meaningful way. It's only expanding the number of people within the bubble that would allow for NHL teams to come to Vancouver," added Horgan.

Toronto and Edmonton are the other Canadian cities in the running. The American locations are Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Pittsburgh. The NHL is expected to select two of these as the official hub cities within the next two weeks.

Source: City News

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