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Griffiths</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1957 (age 67–68)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Canadians" title="Canadians">Canadian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Canucks" title="Vancouver Canucks">Vancouver Canucks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Grizzlies" title="Vancouver Grizzlies">Vancouver Grizzlies</a> owner</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">5</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Arthur R. Griffiths</b> (born 1957) is a Canadian businessperson, philanthropist, and former candidate for political office. He is former owner of the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Canucks" title="Vancouver Canucks">Vancouver Canucks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Grizzlies" title="Vancouver Grizzlies">Vancouver Grizzlies</a>, and <a href="/wiki/General_Motors_Place" class="mw-redirect" title="General Motors Place">General Motors Place</a>. He chaired the Vancouver/Whistler 2010 Bid Society which helped to bring the <a href="/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympics" title="2010 Winter Olympics">2010 Winter Olympics</a> to the region. Griffiths ran unsuccessfully as the <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia_Liberal_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="British Columbia Liberal Party">BC Liberal</a> candidate for a 2008 provincial byelection in the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver-Burrard_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Vancouver-Burrard (provincial electoral district)">Vancouver-Burrard</a> riding. In June 2016, Griffiths was inducted to the <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame">British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame</a> and is the recipient of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=W.A.C_Bennett_Award&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="W.A.C Bennett Award (page does not exist)">W.A.C Bennett Award</a>, which is given "to an individual who has made a significant, unique and lasting contribution to sport in the Province of British Columbia." </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_sports">Professional sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Griffiths_(businessman)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Professional sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Griffiths is the son of Emily and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Griffiths" title="Frank Griffiths">Frank Griffiths</a>. The Griffiths family, including Arthur, were inducted into the <a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Columbia_Hockey_Hall_of_Fame&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="British Columbia Hockey Hall of Fame (page does not exist)">British Columbia Hockey Hall of Fame</a> in 1995 under the builder category. The induction noted "In addition to his duties as owner of the team, Arthur Griffiths was also actively involved at the league level as a member of the NHL's Marketing / Public Relations Committee."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The younger Griffiths inherited his father's ownership stake in the Vancouver Canucks in 1988. It was Griffiths who led the initiative to build <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Arena" title="Rogers Arena">GM Place</a>. The original arena of the Canucks, the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coliseum" title="Pacific Coliseum">Pacific Coliseum</a>, was owned by the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_National_Exhibition" title="Pacific National Exhibition">Pacific National Exhibition</a>. The old coliseum became unsuitable for the growing team, and as result Griffiths financed the building of GM Place in 1995. </p><p>Griffiths sold the Vancouver Canucks in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Griffiths was also responsible for the formation of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Grizzlies" title="Vancouver Grizzlies">Vancouver Grizzlies</a>, who began play in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Grizzlies</a> were sold and eventually moved to <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a> in 2001. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2010_Winter_Olympics">2010 Winter Olympics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Griffiths_(businessman)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 2010 Winter Olympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1998, Griffiths was invited to chair the not-for-profit Vancouver/Whistler 2010 Bid Society.<sup id="cite_ref-tourismvancouver_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tourismvancouver-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 1998, the Bid Society obtained the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Olympic_Committee" title="Canadian Olympic Committee">Canadian Olympic Committee</a>'s endorsement of Vancouver's bid to host the 2010 Games, so that the bid could be presented before the <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a> (IOC). In 2002, the Vancouver/Whistler 2010 Bid Society was replaced by Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 2, 2003, the <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a> announced that it had awarded the <a href="/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympics" title="2010 Winter Olympics">2010 Winter Olympics</a> to Vancouver/Whistler, beating competing bids from Salzburg, Austria, and Pyeongchang, South Korea. The successful bid represented the first <a href="/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games" title="Winter Olympic Games">Winter Olympic Games</a> to be awarded to Canada since <a href="/wiki/Calgary" title="Calgary">Calgary</a> won its bid for the <a href="/wiki/1988_Winter_Olympics" title="1988 Winter Olympics">1988 Winter Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_career">Business career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Griffiths_(businessman)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Business career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Griffiths began working in the front office of the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Canucks" title="Vancouver Canucks">Vancouver Canucks</a> in 1981 at the age of 23 when the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a> franchise was controlled by his father, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Griffiths" title="Frank Griffiths">Frank Griffiths, Sr.</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He assumed full control of the team in 1988 and his father died in 1994, months before the team's run to the <a href="/wiki/1994_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1994 Stanley Cup Finals">Stanley Cup Finals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Grizzlies" title="Vancouver Grizzlies">Vancouver Grizzlies</a> joined the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> as an expansion team under Griffiths' ownership. On November 12, 1996, Griffiths sold his remaining interest in <a href="/wiki/Orca_Bay_Sports_and_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment">Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment</a>, the entity that owned the Canucks and Grizzlies, to his Seattle business partner, billionaire <a href="/wiki/John_McCaw_Jr." title="John McCaw Jr.">John McCaw</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Griffiths oversaw hospitality for Russian sportswear brand <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosco_Sport" class="extiw" title="ru:Bosco Sport">Bosco</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a> in London and the <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics" title="2014 Winter Olympics">2014 Winter Olympics</a> in Sochi.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 26, 2019, Griffiths joined the Board of Directors and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Vancouver-based <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_industry" title="Cannabis industry">cannabis company</a>, World Farms Corp.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Canuck_Place">Canuck Place</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Griffiths_(businessman)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Canuck Place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Imperial_Palace_of_the_Kanadian_Knights_of_Ku_Klux_Klan,_British_Columbia_headquarters,_1925,_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Imperial_Palace_of_the_Kanadian_Knights_of_Ku_Klux_Klan%2C_British_Columbia_headquarters%2C_1925%2C_cropped.jpg/250px-Imperial_Palace_of_the_Kanadian_Knights_of_Ku_Klux_Klan%2C_British_Columbia_headquarters%2C_1925%2C_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Imperial_Palace_of_the_Kanadian_Knights_of_Ku_Klux_Klan%2C_British_Columbia_headquarters%2C_1925%2C_cropped.jpg/330px-Imperial_Palace_of_the_Kanadian_Knights_of_Ku_Klux_Klan%2C_British_Columbia_headquarters%2C_1925%2C_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Imperial_Palace_of_the_Kanadian_Knights_of_Ku_Klux_Klan%2C_British_Columbia_headquarters%2C_1925%2C_cropped.jpg/500px-Imperial_Palace_of_the_Kanadian_Knights_of_Ku_Klux_Klan%2C_British_Columbia_headquarters%2C_1925%2C_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2254" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption>Canuck Place in 1925 - at the time the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan_in_Canada" title="Ku Klux Klan in Canada">Ku Klux Klan in Canada</a> </figcaption></figure> <p>In 1991 Griffiths was the owner of the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Canucks" title="Vancouver Canucks">Vancouver Canucks</a> and controlled its community service arm, the Canuck Foundation. In that year he met Brenda Eng and George Jarvis, who had the idea and passion to create a children's hospice in the lower mainland. With the support of the Canuck Foundation, and other prominent organizations, Canuck Place opened its doors in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From Canuck Place's official website, "Canuck Place is the first free-standing hospice for children in North America and its model of care has been used for many hospices..." "The goal of this specialized care, known as pediatric palliative care, is to enhance the comfort and quality of life for both the child and their family. It is achieved through the combination of active and compassionate therapies. Palliative care strives to support children and families by assisting them in fulfilling their physical, psychological, social and spiritual goals while remaining sensitive to personal, cultural and religious values, beliefs and practices."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="BC_Liberal_Candidate_for_Vancouver-Burrard">BC Liberal Candidate for Vancouver-Burrard</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Griffiths_(businessman)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: BC Liberal Candidate for Vancouver-Burrard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On May 20, 2008, Griffiths announced plans to run for the <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia_Liberal_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="British Columbia Liberal Party">BC Liberal</a> nomination for the newly created <a href="/wiki/Vancouver-West_End" title="Vancouver-West End">Vancouver-West End</a> provincial riding.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, due to <a href="/wiki/Lorne_Mayencourt" title="Lorne Mayencourt">Lorne Mayencourt</a>'s subsequent resignation as MLA of the defunct <a href="/wiki/Vancouver-Burrard_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Vancouver-Burrard (provincial electoral district)">Vancouver-Burrard</a> riding to run in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Canadian_federal_election" title="2008 Canadian federal election">2008 Canadian federal election</a>, Griffiths ran in the ensuing <a href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">by-election</a> under the old boundaries, and was defeated by <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia_New_Democratic_Party" title="British Columbia New Democratic Party">NDP</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Chandra_Herbert" title="Spencer Chandra Herbert">Spencer Chandra Herbert</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Griffiths did not contest the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver-West_End" title="Vancouver-West End">Vancouver-West End</a> riding. In the <a href="/wiki/2009_British_Columbia_general_election" title="2009 British Columbia general election">2009 election</a>, the BC Liberal candidate was Laura McDiarmid.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Griffiths_(businessman)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Griffiths graduated from <a href="/wiki/BCIT" class="mw-redirect" title="BCIT">BCIT</a> in 1980. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Griffiths_(businessman)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He is married and currently living in Vancouver.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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