TSN's FIFA World Cup broadcast studio is taking over Jack Poole Plaza | Daily Hive

Construction progress on the TSN/CTV FIFA World Cup broadcast studio at Jack Poole Plaza, as of June 6, 2026. (Kenneth Chan)

Millions of television viewers across Canada will soon get a front-row view of Vancouver’s harbour and mountains, as TSN is building its 2026 FIFA World Cup broadcast studio at Jack Poole Plaza in Downtown Vancouver.

Much of Jack Poole Plaza is currently closed to the public as construction crews build the temporary broadcast studio at the northern end of the plaza, just north of the iconic Vancouver Olympic Cauldron next to the Vancouver Convention Centre.

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Bell Media is Canada’s official broadcaster for the tournament, which will provide complete coverage for all 104 matches across CTV and TSN, as well as streaming on Crave through the live CTV channel.

TSN will base its daily coverage from an official broadcast studio at Vancouver’s Jack Poole Plaza from Thursday, June 11 to Tuesday, July 7 — starting with the tournament opener in Mexico City and ending with the last match played in Canada when Vancouver’s BC Place Stadium hosts a round-of-16 knockout match.

The waterfront set will serve as a central hub for live reports, interviews, and content distributed across television, streaming platforms, and social media.

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Construction progress on the TSN/CTV FIFA World Cup broadcast studio at Jack Poole Plaza, as of June 6, 2026. (Kenneth Chan)

In addition to the enclosed broadcast studio structure for live coverage, there is expected to be on-site fan engagement and tournament-related programming. Two large video screens have also been installed on either side of the broadcast studio.

TSN’s plan for Jack Poole Plaza is reminiscent of the setup created by Fox Sports when the United States broadcaster transformed this waterfront site into its main studio location for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Bell Media will also have an on-site presence at Vancouver’s official FIFA Fan Festival held at the PNE fairgrounds in Hastings Park.

To prepare for the surge in visitors and connectivity demands during the FIFA World Cup, Bell has invested more than $25 million to expand wireless network capacity in Canada’s host cities of Vancouver and Toronto. The upgrades include nearly tripling network capacity at Toronto Stadium (BMO Field), deploying four temporary cell towers known as Cells on Wheels (COWs), and enhancing more than 45 existing network sites across the two host cities.

The improvements are intended to strengthen network reliability and performance in and around stadiums, fan zones, and other high-traffic locations. Bell says the work also includes extensive testing, targeted infrastructure upgrades, and additional fibre connectivity to help ensure fans can reliably stream content, share photos and videos, and stay connected throughout the tournament.

As previously reported by Daily Hive Urbanized, ahead of the tournament, Rogers has also increased its cellular capacity at BC Place Stadium and around Downtown Vancouver in both a permanent and temporary basis, including the deployment of COWs.

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Fox Sports’ temporary broadcast centre at Jack Poole Plaza next to the Vancouver Convention Centre during the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. (Sergei Bachlakov/Shutterstock)

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