The Corner Brook Civic Centre (previously named the Canada Games Centre and the Pepsi Centre) is a 3,100-seat multi-purpose
arena
An arena is a large enclosed venue, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, Music, musical performances or Sport, sporting events. It comprises a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for specta ...
in
Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was home to the
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
,
figure skating
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympi ...
,
judo
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, and
squash events of the 1999
Canada Winter Games. Previously run by
Memorial University
Memorial University of Newfoundland, or MUN (), is a Public university, public research university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, with satellite campuses in Corner Brook ...
through Western Sports and Entertainment, it is currently owned and operated by the City of Corner Brook.
The Civic Centre is the home arena of the
Corner Brook Royals. The facility also includes the Kinsmen Area II, a second, smaller arena to host small-scale ice events, and the Civic Centre Studio (Formerly Pepsi Studio), capable of hosting large-scale conferences and sporting events.
The Civic Centre is home to the Corner Brook Minor Hockey League; it also hosts other youth and adult sporting events and gatherings.
On September 11, 2005, the Civic Centre played host to an exhibition game of the then newly formed
St. John's Fog Devils of the
QMJHL versus the
Ottawa 67's of the
OHL. The arena played host to an
AHL exhibition game between the
St. John's IceCaps and the
Syracuse Crunch
The Syracuse Crunch are a professional ice hockey team based in Syracuse, New York. They are the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning. They play in they home games at the Upstate Medical Univer ...
on October 4, 2012, in Game 1 of the
Mary Brown's Cup three-game series, coinciding with the IceCaps' training camp for the 2012-13 AHL season.
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Corner Brook Civic Centre, Corner Brook NL
Ice hockey venues in Newfoundland and Labrador
Sports venues in Newfoundland and Labrador
Indoor arenas in Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada Games venues
Corner Brook
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