Abbotsford
(pop. 159,020)
In Abbotsford you will find an eclectic blend of modern urban style and friendly country living. Thanks to a comfortable west coast climate, Abbotsford and the Mighty Fraser Country region offer travel experiences to delight any tastes.
Abbotsford is indeed Canada's Sport Town. With one of the nation's fastest growing airports, a diversity of accommodations, a selection of unique sport venues and the volunteers and technical expertise necessary to make an event work...there really isn't another place to look for your next sport event other than Abbotsford.
Abbotsford has a long history of hosting major sporting events including: Western Canada Summer Games, BC Disability Games, BC Summer Games, National Waterski Championships, Western Canadian BMX Championships, Short Track National Trials, National Junior Baseball Championships, Canadian Mixed Curling Championships and the U18 National Open Volleyball Championships, just to name a few.
Sport Hosting Services
How can Sport Town Canada and Tourism Abbotsford help you as an Event Rights Holder?
Tourism Abbotsford, through the development and implementation of our Sport Town Canada Brand, has identified sport tourism and sport hosting a primary focus of our community. We are anxious to assist you in determining whether your event is a good "fit" for our community, facilities and available services. We can provide assistance in a number of ways:
Joint Bid Preparation and Bid Support
Liaison to Abbotsford facilities, sport organizations, volunteers, accommodations, City of Abbotsford, Parks, Recreation & Culture and other relevant business partners (airlines, auto rentals, potential sponsors, caterers, etc.)
Legacies Now has developed an important and powerful tool to support events from local festivals to international sporting events. Volweb.ca is an online registration system that connects volunteers and event organizers.
www.volweb.ca
Provide financial and in-kind support
Provide visitor services before, during and after the event
Assist with measuring the economic impact of the event
Sport Abbotsford attends several major sport tourism events every year. We would be pleased to meet you at one of the following networking functions:
BC Sport Events Marketplace (March)
Canadian Sport Event Congress (April)
For more information about hosting an event in Abbotsford please contact the Director of Sport Hosting at 1.866.572.7496.
Sport Town Canada is a division of the Tourism Abbotsford Society.
Are you looking to plan or grow a sporting event in Abbotsford? Tourism Abbotsford is here to help local Abbotsford sport organizations with their next event or tournament. We want to work with local sport groups to establish Abbotsford as "Sport Town Canada", a great place to host a sport event.
Through a series of interviews and meetings with relevant sport tourism stakeholders, Tourism Abbotsford has been able to gain a full and comprehensive understanding of sport hosting opportunities in Abbotsford. Tourism Abbotsford is working to make Abbotsford the best sport destination in Canada.
Tourism Abbotsford has created special templates that are available to local sport groups hosting an event. Using these templates will create a consistent and professional image for your sport and your event. Another advantage of the templates is the opportunity to spread brand awareness about our being SPORT TOWN CANADA. The template can be used to create posters, program covers, sponsorship proposals, newspaper ads and more. Tourism Abbotsford has an arrangement with a design and print company that offers your group special pricing and the exclusive right to use these templates.
The process is simple:
1- Call or email Tourism Abbotsford and tell us about your event
2- We will connect you with the design and print company
3- You must provide quality images and text for your event to the designer
Sport Hosting Portfolio
MAJOR EVENTS FROM 2003-2008:
2006-2009 BC Lions Training Camp
2008 Special Oylmpics Western Canadian Championship
2008 BC Indoor Archery Championship
2008 National Volleyball Championships
2008 BMX BC Cup Provincial Series
2008 Canadian Junior Track & Field Championship
2008 Tim Horton's National Canadian BMX Championships
2008 U14 Western Canadian Volleyball Championships
2006 - 2008 Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic Grand Slam of Curling
2007 Elite Canada Gymnastics
2007 Canadian Junior Track & Field Championship
2007 BMX Pre-World Championships
2007 Elite Canada Gymnastics
2007 U-18 National Volleyball Championships
2007 BC Premier Baseball League Championships
2006 BC Short Track Speed Skating Championships
2006 U-18 National Volleyball Championships
2006 BC Senior Games
2006 Tim Horton's National Canadian BMX Championships
2005- 2008 BC Lions Training Camp
2005 North American 4 Rugby Tournament - one leg of it
2004 BC Summer Games
2003 National Short Track Speedskating Team Trials
2003 Canadian Open Short-Track Speedskating
2003 Canadian Mixed Curling Championships
Facilites
Community contact
Allison Longshore
Sales and Marketing Manager
Tourism Abbotsford
604-864-5675
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Twisters Gym is a fully equiped gymnastics training centre and is currently home of the National Training Center for Men’s Gymnastics.
Columbia Place features two full-sized collegiate courts, seating for 1,300+ fans, a state-of-the-art fitness centre, changerooms and an Athletic Therapy room.
The Abbotsford BMX Track is a world class outdoor permanent facility featuring a 1,100 ft long track with dirt jumps and obstacles, a concrete starter pad, asphalt finish line and pneumatic electronically-controlled gate, as well as an indoor track.
Abbotsford Exhibition Park is a world class 75-acre park which boasts a wide variety of indoor and outdoor facilities, including ball diamonds, playing fields, a track & field stadium and BMX track.
The Abbotsford Fish and Game Club is a full service club with an outdoor rifle/pistol range, as well as both indoor and outdoor archery ranges.
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