There is also a Major League Soccer team called the Chicago Fire, and there are / were also NBA teams called the Memphis Grizzlies ( 2001 – present ) and Charlotte Hornets ( 1988 – 2002 ) ( although the nickname " Hornets " for minor league baseball teams in Charlotte long precedes the WFL entry, and the " Grizzlies " name for the Memphis NBA team was selected when the franchise was still in Vancouver ).

On March 26, 2001, both the Hornets and the Vancouver Grizzlies applied for relocation to Memphis, Tennessee.

The team originated that year in Vancouver, British Columbia and relocated to Memphis in 2001.

The Trail Blazers are also currently the only NBA team based in the binational Pacific Northwest, after the Vancouver Grizzlies relocated to Memphis and became the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001, and the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008.

Joined by center Brendan Morrison during the 2001 – 02 season, the trio were nicknamed the " West Coast Express " ( after the Vancouver rail service of the same name ) among Canucks fans and media.

His work was the subject of a 2001 retrospective organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, which traveled to the Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada ; the Museo Tamayo, Mexico City ; and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D. C.

While Burnaby occupies about 4 % of the land area of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, it accounted for about 10 % of the Region's population in 2001.

In 2001, the Toronto Stock Exchange acquired the Canadian Venture Exchange ( formed by the merger of the Vancouver Stock Exchange and Alberta Stock Exchange on November 29, 1999 ), which was renamed the TSX Venture Exchange on July 31, 2001.

In the new millennium, the league has given birth to four new expansion teams — the Vancouver Giants in 2001, the Everett Silvertips in 2003, the Chilliwack Bruins in 2005, and the Edmonton Oil Kings in 2007, as the Oilers have taken an interest in cultivating a junior team in the Alberta capital.

* 2001 Vancouver International Film Festival Audience Award, Diversity in Spirit Award

Citytv gained a second station in Vancouver when CHUM bought CKVU from Canwest Global in 2001.

In 2001, Robbins filed a lawsuit against the Vancouver Sun newspaper, alleging defamation and libel.

Memphis would also have success in other professional sports, landing another Canadian export with the relocation of the Vancouver Grizzlies in 2001, which became the Memphis Grizzlies that have been playing there ever since.

* 2001 to Calgary Roughnecks, New Jersey Storm, Vancouver Ravens & Columbus Landsharks: Randy Mearns, Calgary ( 8th overall ); Marc Landriault, Calgary ( 14th overall ); Lindsay Plunkett, Vancouver ( 16th overall ); Kevin Howard, Calgary ( 30th overall )

*" And Other Stories " Vancouver, Talonbooks, 2001.

Pattern Recognition was written between 2001 and 2002 while Gibson was living in Vancouver, British Columbia and released in February 2003.

* Fort Vancouver: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Washington ( 2001 )

Vancouver: University of British Columbia, 2001.

An 85-page action plan was passed unanimously by Vancouver City Council in May 2001.

: Return: On January 24, 2001, it was announced ( in Vancouver, Washington's " The Columbian " newspaper ), Art Bell would return to Coast To Coast AM on February 5, 2001.

The Grizzlies played their home games during their inaugural 2001 season at Sauget Field.

The Grizzlies and Charlotte Hornets both applied with the NBA to relocate to Memphis on the same day, March 26, 2001.

During the 2000 – 2001 season, Lyashenko again split time between the Stars and the Utah Grizzlies, who were the Stars ' new IHL affiliate.

During the 2001 – 2002 season, Lyashenko played for four different teams, the Stars and Rangers at the NHL level as well as the IHL's Grizzlies, and the Hartford Wolfpack of the American Hockey League ( AHL ).

* Vancouver Grizzlies Basketball ( 1995 – 2001 )

He was traded by the Grizzlies in 2001 and then played for the Atlanta Hawks and Portland Trail Blazers before joining his last team, the Sacramento Kings.

On June 27, 2001, the Atlanta Hawks reached an agreement to acquire Abdur-Rahim and the 27th overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft from the Vancouver Grizzlies in exchange for Brevin Knight, Lorenzen Wright and Pau Gasol, the third overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft.

In 2001 professional basketball returned to Memphis with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies, itself a relocated franchise ( they were originally in Vancouver ).

The Grizzlies played their home games at The Pyramid from 2001 until 2004, before moving to FedEx Forum for the 2004-05 season, and have called it home since then.

From 1998 through 2001 the Grizzlies played at Pete Beiden Field at California State University, Fresno, before moving to Chukchansi Park.

It was previously home to the Vancouver Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association from 1995 to 2001.

The Grizzlies spent six seasons in Vancouver before relocating to Memphis, Tennessee, for the 2001 – 02 season.

Eventually, after the Grizzlies moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in 2001, Reeves started the season on the injured list due to chronic back pain and was never able to play another game ( the only games he played with the team in Memphis were two preseason games ).

The Grizzlies moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 2001, but the Raptors continue to draw healthy crowds at the Air Canada Centre.

Tinsley was drafted out of Iowa State University by the Vancouver Grizzlies with the 27th pick of the 2001 NBA Draft, and was immediately dealt to the Atlanta Hawks, and then on to the Indiana Pacers on draft night.

The nature of this rivalry is ironic because while the Colts and Patriots were division rivals from 1970 to 2001, it did not become prominent in league circles until after Indianapolis was relocated to the AFC South.

Zambia was active in the Congolese peace effort after the signing of a cease-fire agreement in Lusaka in July and August 1999, although activity diminished considerably after the Joint Military Commission tasked with implementing the ceasefire relocated to Kinshasa in September 2001.

In 2001, it was reported that employees of the Memorial Gardens cemetery near Ft. Lauderdale, Florida had oversold the cemetery, so bodies were buried in the wrong places, separating husbands from wives ; vaults were cracked open by a backhoe ; bodies were exhumed, with bones, skulls and shrouds thrown into nearby woods ; bodies were stacked on top of each other ; and remains were relocated without notifying relatives.

Following the 2001 – 02 season, the team relocated to New Orleans, becoming the New Orleans Hornets.

In 2001, this monument was relocated to a place on I-80 midway between Cheyenne and Laramie.

However, in April 2001, due to the cost of maintaining the building, the offices were relocated to a converted outhouse at the Wedgwood Memorial College, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, where they remain today, and where one of the largest and most important collections of material in and about Esperanto is to be found in the Montagu Butler Library.

After the 2001 / 2002 NBA season, the Charlotte Hornets relocated to New Orleans for a number of reasons.

Princess Ubol Ratana and her children lived in San Diego until 2001, when they relocated back to Thailand.

The Barons name was revived in 2001 when the San Jose Sharks purchased their AHL affiliate, the Kentucky Thoroughblades, and relocated them to Cleveland, where they would play at the arena which was owned and operated by Sharks owners George and Gordon Gund.

From their hometown of Guelph the band relocated to London, Ontario and then to Toronto, where in 2001 they released their self-titled first album.

The band relocated from Albuquerque to Portland, OR in 2001.

After WHTA relocated to 107. 9, 97. 5 FM relaunched as urban gospel station " Praise 97. 5 " with the call sign WEGF originally until December 5, 2001 when the call sign was again changed to WPZE.

The team played in Bridgeport, Connecticut from the 2001 to the 2003 season and relocated to the Philadelphia suburb of Villanova in 2004.

When Changi Prison was expanded in 2001, the chapel and museum was relocated to a new site 1 km away and the Changi chapel and museum was officially established on 15 February 2001.

After tobacco sponsorship was outlawed in Ireland in 2000, the Irish government funded the event from 2001 and it was subsequently relocated to the Citywest Hotel, Saggart, Co. Dublin.

No. 14 Sqn relocated to RAF Lossiemouth in January 2001.

In 2001, Matthews relocated from Sydney to a property near Coffs Harbour on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.

In 2001, the brewery relocated to much larger premises at Regency Park.

The administrative offices were relocated to the TNT tower building in Redfern in 2001.