2025 will not be going out with a bang in Vancouver this New Year\u2019s Eve, with no scheduled fireworks show.<\/p>\n
There has not been a New Year\u2019s Eve fireworks show in the downtown core since before the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
Ian Tostenson, the president of the BC Restaurant and Food Services Association, says the city needs to hold major events to get people out celebrating and supporting local businesses.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe absence of a big event that brought people downtown, it does tend to mute the business because fireworks were celebrations during the holidays,\u201d said Tostenson.<\/p>\n
\u201cA good example was the Christmas Market. You saw all sorts of people that were going downtown\u2026and then if you look at the corresponding restaurants around it, you\u2019d see they\u2019re absolutely packed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tostenson says New Year\u2019s Eve is the last jump-off point for restaurants before they go into \u201chibernation\u201d and enter the slower months of January and February.<\/p>\n
Since 2020, Tostenson has seen quite a shift in dining habits for New Year celebrations. The former pomp and pageantry of New Year\u2019s Eve has become much more casual for restaurants.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore snacky kind of stuff and interesting cocktails and just presenting it in a way that is respectful of the economics we\u2019re into right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
After years with no fireworks show, Tostenson questions whether the restaurant industry should host an event instead.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese events are so important to it that you know, it might be something within our financial model as an industry\u2026to see if we\u2026can put these things on because we benefit on the other side of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
For anyone worried about breaking the bank during their celebrations, Tostenson had this to say.<\/p>\n
\u201cGo out, have fun. Be really safe, use the facilities that we have around to accomplish that and at the same time, don\u2019t forget that you can go out to a restaurant, and it doesn\u2019t have to be expensive. You can go out and have an appetizer and a glass of wine, you can share some plates, and most importantly, still have a great time.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an email, the City of Vancouver says they have not received any permit application for New Year\u2019s Eve fireworks events this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2025 will not be going out with a bang in Vancouver this New Year\u2019s Eve, with no scheduled…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":481989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-481988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115813263903483764","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}