former Viking Hall (Vancouver)

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828 East Hastings Street, the building that housed the Viking Hall, has had a long and vibrant history.

It opened in 1928 as the Silver Slipper. The venue was used for dances and weddings and concerts. In the wake of World War II, it briefly served as the headquarters of the Vancouver Buddist Temple.

Renamed the Hastings Auditorium in the 1960s, it evolved into a major venue for punk rock with concerts by countless bands that included D.O.A., the Pointed Sticks and Young Canadians (formerly The K-Tels). In this era it was known as Viking Hall. It also served as a filming location for Dennis Hopper’s 1980 movie "Out of the Blue" in which there is a sequence of the Pointed Sticks playing two of their songs.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=anCA_XXO9tM

In 2015 it was home to the Hastings Dance Studio, painted with a bright orange exterior. In 2016 it was purchased by lululemon founder Chip Wilson and repainted white.