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Bear Mountain Arena

Ice Rink

Bear Mountain Curling Classic

Arena Seating

Victoria Shamrocks

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The Bear Mountain Arena is a 2,300 seat facility which is home to the Victoria Grizzlies Junior 'A' hockey team, the Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association and the Junior 'A' Shamrocks.

Since 2006 the arena has annually hosted one of the biggest World Curling Tour events, the Bear Mountain Curling Classic. It also played host to the training camps of the Vancouver Canucks in September 2007 as well as the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008.

The Bear Mountain Arena is part of the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre which is one of the most comprehensive single-site recreation centres in North America, offering a wide variety of facilities and programs. To learn more about the Juan de Fuca Rec Centre please visit
www.hostingbc.ca/content/juan-de-fuca-recreation-centre

Fast Facts

- 2,300 seat NHL-size arena
- Lacrosse Box
- Part of the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre

Facility Specs

Year completed	2004
Seating capacity	2300
Parking capacity	1200
Medical room	Yes
Warm up area	Yes
Licensed for alcohol	Yes
Official rooms	1
Food services	Yes
Dressing rooms	2

Scoreboard	Electronic
Sound system	Yes
Owner	Public
Office space	Yes
Weight room / fitness facility	Yes
Equipment storage	Yes
Ticket box	Yes
Media room	Yes
Internet capability	High speed
Hospitality room	No

Sport Hosting Services

SportHost Victoria

www.sporthostvictoria.com

SportHost Victoria, a Sport Tourism Partnership, is a collection of key sport and tourism industry leaders located in the Greater Victoria area. The goal of SportHost Victoria is to increase the quality and quantity of sporting events and activities hosted by Victoria.
The objective of SportHost Victoria is to position Victoria solidly in the national and international sport tourism market as an optimal environment for hosting first class sporting events. The services provided by SportHost Victoria assist event owners and sport organizations in accessing facilities, funding, accommodations, marketing, sponsorship, media relations and bid support.

Hosting Portfolio

Annual Bear Mountain Curling Classic (World Curling Tour)
Provincial Box Lacrosse Championships
2009 RBC Cup
NHL Training Camps: Vancouver Canucks (2007) and Tampa Bay Lightning (2008)
Home of the Junior 'A' Victoria Grizzlies and Victoria Shamrocks Senior and Junior Lacrosse teams

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