[3] The Patrick family moved to Victoria and the decision was made to use the proceeds of the company sale to go into the business of professional ice hockey.

The location was near Stanley Park to the west, and was connected to the downtown business district by a streetcar line along Georgia Street.

The Denman Arena opened on December 20, 1911, attracting 1500 people for a session of public ice skating.

The Arena was the permanent home of the professional Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.

The Patricks had hoped to set up teams in Calgary and Edmonton in the PCHA for the opening season, but the plans fell through.

To avoid having a two-team league, the Patricks formed the Royals, to represent the neighbouring town of New Westminster and encourage fans to come to the Arena.

The Millionaires were later renamed the Maroons and were disbanded in 1926 when the Western Canada Hockey League discontinued operations.

[8] In 1921, the Arena hosted the first international women's championship of ice hockey, organized by the PCHA.

[5] The North Shore Indians of the Inter-City League played box lacrosse in the Arena in the 1930s.

The soldiers left Vancouver in August 1914 to be deployed as the first Canadian troops in World War I.

Later that year, the telephone line installed was used for the first radio broadcast of an ice hockey game in British Columbia.

[16] On April 28, 1935, over 16,000 assembled at the Arena for a political rally by the CCF, the largest indoor gathering in Vancouver up until that time.

[17] The Denman Auditorium was taken over during World War II by the Canadian navy, then used as storage by Boeing Aircraft.

[18] Two notable rock and roll concerts took place in 1957, by a touring group of musicians known as "The Biggest Show of Stars."

Not long before 1936, the Arena was clad in brick to reduce its risk of burning due to fire.

[21] In 1945, the site of the arena was sold by Lester Patrick to Vancouver theatre owner H. M. Singer for $80,000.

A historical marker has been placed at the foot of Denman Street, with information about the Arena, the Georgia Auditorium and Coal Harbour.