According to various reports, the PWHL’s first ever expansion franchise will be announced next week. That team, as reports state, will be heading to Vancouver, British Columbia.

Vancouver’s The Province was the first to report that an expansion team is heading to the city. According to a press announcement by PR firm LBMG, a press conference involving local government and “key stakeholders” is scheduled for next Wednesday in Vancouver.

The Province also reported that the new Vancouver franchise is likely to play at the Pacific Coliseum.

Opened in 1968, the historic Pacific Coliseum was the original home for the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks until 1995 when the team moved to the new Rogers Arena.

The PWHL visited Vancouver this year as part of their PWHL Takeover Tour playing in front of a sold out crowd of 19,038 at Rogers Arena. It was the top attended game at Rogers Arena this season, exceeding home attendance for the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks as well.

Vancouver was home to a professional women’s hockey team for three seasons from 2000-2003. The short lived Vancouver Griffins were part of the original NWHL and featured Olympians Cammi Granato, Shelley Looney, and Nancy Drolet.

Speculation has also continued that a second expansion franchise may be headed for the West Coast with Seattle the likely location.