Servus Arena is a multi-purpose

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in downtown

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. Opened in January 2018, it was constructed on the site of the former Red Deer Arena (which was succeeded as Red Deer's primary events venue by

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following its opening in 1994).

History

The arena replaced the Red Deer Arena, which first opened in 1952 and was demolished in 2016; equipment from the arena was salvaged and provided to other facilities, while its neon sign was incorporated into the new arena's design. The $21.6 million facility was scheduled to be completed by mid-2018, in anticipation of the

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. In 2017,

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acquired

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to the new facility, naming it Servus Arena. In November 2017, it was reported that construction was ahead of schedule, and that Servus Arena could open as early as January 2018. Servus Arena officially opened on January 13, 2018, with the

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playing the

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in a

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game.

Events

Servus Arena hosted group B preliminaries during the

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U-18 hockey tournament, with

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in Edmonton hosting Group A and the semi-finals onward.

References

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