Phase one consisted of a complete renovation of the players dressing room and team staff area.

The final phase was expected to be completed prior to the start of the 2024–25 NHL season, with a replacement of all the seats in the upper and lower bowl of the arena,[7] however this has been delayed to sometime in 2025.

In 2007, they chose to change their union affiliation from UNITE HERE – Local 40 to the Christian Labour Association of Canada.

After many months of struggle, the British Columbia Labour Relations Board declared the employees choice of a new union.

[citation needed] UNITE-HERE local 40 still represented food service workers in the arena, employed by Aramark.

[15] The arena was temporarily renamed "Canada Hockey Place" during the Olympics due to regulations regarding corporate sponsorship of event sites.

In July 2012, Aquilini Investment Group had originally planned to build the towers with condo units.

However, the city lost about $35 million in developer contributions to community facilities in the Northeast False Creek area that would have been collected if the buildings had been condos.