Fourteen large metal balls scattered throughout the grounds of General Motors Place Arena: 7 smooth stainless steel with 3 grooves at each pole and 7 aluminum with grooves every 3". Two bronze medallions inset into each ball; one end depicts a star and the other is the face of a person in action. All balls are 60.5" in diameter.

This artwork was officially deaccessioned November 2020. After an extensive redevelopment of the area surrounding Rogers Arena, resituating the artwork became unfeasible within the revised ground plan. As well, the artist had requested that The Game not be re-installed, stating that it was created for a time and place that no longer exist, and that the work is not relevant for other contexts.

The City of Vancouver strives to acquire and commission works of art of the highest quality. Acquisition by the City implies a commitment to the preservation, protection and maintenance of artwork for the public benefit and implies permanency within the collection. As such, deaccessioning is a serious consideration requiring careful planning and adherence to the conditions set out in our Deaccession Policy.

https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/PublicArt-DeaccessionGuidelines.pdf

The Game… engages all the exterior sites of the Arena at once, identifying them as a field for an over-sized game. There are two teams of balls - 7 for each side. It appears as a game in progress… Contributing to the idea that there are dramatic consequences to this game, bronze medallions are set into each ball to carry the image of a person in action. In the form of a portrait, these human images lend an identity to each ball and also indicate its situation in the game. Some faces appear triumphant, others suffer the stress of falling or spinning... At the opposite pole each ball carries the image of a star. Whether read as rising or falling this sign casts the player as a guest of fate, inexorably rolled along in the flow of events. (the artist)