Bill Copeland Sports Centre — Local services in Burnaby

I've been going here ever since grade 3. This was literally the place of my childhood. However I don't remember it being that bad here.

Before we even got in, we got yelled at by some Chinese woman saying that we were "making her wait on purpose" for our parking spot. We were just getting stuff from our trunk. This is unrelated to the staff of Bill Copeland, but the social demographic has changed dramatically.

Back in the 2000's, people were much more polite and there were less rude asians then now. The staff were polite and strict with rules as usual. Now, things are completely different. There are rude people everywhere either budging in line or talking very loudly

When we were paying, another similar woman was paying for the toonie skate but with a credit card. A credit card. For $2.

Downstairs, there were so many people it was uncomfortable. We kept on getting bumped and shoved. The helmets were all wet with sweat, and in the rink, there were the people practising figureskating in the middle of the skating rink. It was incredibly rude and disrespectful to the other skaters.

The staff naturally weren't excelling at customer service, but I don't blame them with all this influx of the new social demographic.

Ultimately, I've been sounding pretty racist towards Asians and I didn't mean to. It's just the rude ones that really make my family and friends very upset.

The venue is excellent as we all had our grad ceremony here, but the people are kind of ruining the mood and atmosphere...

Very clean, welcoming, well lit atmosphere. My nephew had his High School Graduation held at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre this week on Monday May 27th, 2019. For handicap patrons they have elevator service to the ground floor where chairs are placed in rows close to the front stage & podium for everyone to view the activities with grace in their seats instead of having to constantly get up to get a glimpse of the ceremony. Top floors had bleachers for the remainder of the guests who could very well climb stairs & go down stairs to their appropriate seats. Washrooms were Exspecially clean & we'll maintained. Brawo to the cleaning crew for keeping this Sport Centre looking good & clean. The entire sports centre was well air conditioned from start to finish. Tons of time was taken out to direct all patrons into the sports centre, also very well organized for Handicapp parking as well as front door drop off. I have attended many formal school gatherings in the past, but this Graduation & Fairwell Ceremony at Bill Copeland Sports Centre was done very well & professionally that I don't recall at any Pointe any issues raised. All...

came here for the toonie skate. bit of a zoo. my kids don't skate well, so they couldn't skate the entire rink. if you're using a skate support / assistant device, you are stuck skating in the small section just behind the blue line to the end boards. Which i guess is good for the people who can skate and can go the full length.

for that alone, I'm almost of the mind that Moody Part Arena is better. Kids like to roam and explore, didn't like being trapped in a small area.

But the rink was well kept and maintained (almost to the point of being too much), the Zamboni came on twice while we were there for a skate. It came out every 30 -45 min. bit excessive?

The rentals were new and comfortable. But as nice as they were, the limited space to skate for beginners makes me want to wait till my kids are better skaters first. It's not the ideal place for...