Servus Credit Union Place (or Servus Place for short) is a $43-million multipurpose

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that opened on September 30, 2006 in

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. At , Servus Place includes three NHL-sized arenas, an aquatic centre, fitness centre, indoor playground, leisure ice surface, three gymnasium courts, two field houses, a teaching kitchen, plus food service outlets (

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, Skybox Grill (formerly Don Cherry's),

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(formerly Mootastic), and formerly a Source for Sports. It is a competitor to the Millennium Place in Sherwood Park, and

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in Spruce Grove. The three NHL-sized arenas include the 2,023-seat Performance Arena, formerly home of the

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team of the

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and the Edmonton Drillers of the

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. The two other rinks include Mark Messier Arena, named in honour of St. Albert's famous son and hockey star

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, and Troy Murray Arena, named after

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the former NHLer from St. Albert. The Mark Messier/Troy Murray Arenas were part of the original twin Campbell Arenas, which were expanded to build the present-day Servus Place. Due to the significant cost, the decision to build Servus Place (formerly called the St. Albert Multi Purpose Leisure Centre) was put to residents in a plebiscite during the 2004 civic election. Nearly 55% of residents who cast a ballot voted in favour of building the leisure centre. The facility was supposed to be operationally self-sufficient by late 2008. In December 2007, just 14 months after opening, it was revealed that Servus Place would lose $2.2 million in its first full year of operations.

Gallery

File:Servus Place Leisure Ice Skating Rink 2014.jpg, Ice skating rink in 2014 File:Servus Place Playground 2014.jpg, Playground in 2014 File:Servus Place Pool 2014.jpg, Pool in 2014

References

External links

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