The Richmond Night Market is an annual night market founded by entrepreneur Raymond Cheung. It is held during the summer months in Richmond, British Columbia in Canada. It runs on weekends and is held near Bridgeport Station of the Canada Line next to River Rock Casino Resort. The merchandise sold at the night market is primarily imported from Asia and considered by some to be of a lower price point than traditional retail stores. The Richmond Night Market was first held at Continental Centre on Cambie Road in 2000, and subsequently at Lansdowne Centre (then known as Lansdowne Park Shopping Centre) for the next two years before relocating to the former home of the Bridgepoint Market in 2003. It was then relocated to a waterfront property on Vulcan Way behind The Home Depot, where it caused major lineups and thereafter gained a huge success. After the success incident, the landlord of Vulcan Way sought a massive increase to the annual lease, which Cheung declined and resulted in the market being almost cancelled. The competing Summer Night Market, organized by Paul Cheung (no relation to founder Raymond Cheung) was able to secure the lease to the Vulcan Way location and ran it there for several years. A court battle over the events' name then ensued between the two founders of the markets. Paul Cheung eventually closed the Summer Night Market. Richmond's large immigrant population provided a strong Asian influence on the night markets. More information...
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