Nanaimo is a city of about 80,000 people in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the east shore of Vancouver Island. The city had a proposal to build a new arena built that would hopefully attract a WHL team when it was to be completed. However, in mid-March 2017 the voters in the city turned down a proposal to borrow funds to finance the arena. After the vote the city is looking into other options on a new arena or whether to abandon the efforts all together.