Cominco Arena
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The Trail Memorial Centre contains the 2,108 seat Cominco Arena complete with 8 foot high glass all the way around, excellent ice quality and a four sided video scoreboard system with live broadcasting capabilities. Eight large dressing rooms, ample space for equipment storage, and close easy access to excellent medical facilities make this facility an ideal venue for hosting international teams and training camps.The complex also contains an 8-sheet curling facility complete with large changerooms, lounge area and kitchen facilities. Other major amenities in the complex include a regulation sized gymnasium, with bleacher seating for up to 1,000 spectators, a full sized catering kitchen for banquets for up to 550 persons, racquetball and squash courts and a smaller sized Kids Rink ideal for warm-ups, scrimmages etc.
The facility has hosted many major exhibition hockey games featuring both the Canadian Men's and Women's National Teams, the Soviet National, Red Army, Junior National teams and the Montreal Canadians. In addition, the facility recently hosted the Hockey Canada 2007 World Junior A Challenge which featured the Under 19 National Teams from Russia, Canada, Germany, the USA and Belarus. This event ran for a total of 11 days and included training camps, several exhibition games and the seven day, twelve-game tournament. The Junior A's were a huge success and as a result, Hockey Canada has now endorsed the City of Trail and the Cominoc Arena as a pre-competition training location for International teams for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The location of the facility is only 0.2 km away from a deluxe hotel with excellent accommodations and is 1 km way from the regional hospital with over 100 medical doctors and specialists. Other excellent sports facilities only 1 km away include a fieldhouse, with 200 meter indoor running track, and an Aquatic and Leisure Centre complete with a 3,000 sq. ft. fitness centre, 25 meter 8-lane competition pool and large whirlpool.
Fast Facts
- 2,800 spectators and more than 2,000 athletes and coaches enjoyed the 2006 BC Winter Games Opening Ceremonies held in the Cominco Arena.
- The Trail Memorial Centre/Cominco Arena was built by Teck Cominco who supplied the equipment and materials, and along with local volunteer labour, donated the facility to the Citizens of Trail. The building contains over 176,000 sq. ft. of space and contains the main 2,100 seat arena, 8-sheet curling facility, smaller Kids Ice rink, 1,000 seat regulation size gymnasium, full banquet catering kitchen facility, racquetball and squash courts, meeting rooms, museum and library
- Hockey Night in Canada broadcasters Chris Cuthbert and Scott Russelldedicated one of the chapters in their National bestseller book "The Rink" to Trail's Cominco Arena and the positive impact it has made on hockey on a local, national and international level.
Facility Specs
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Sport Hosting Services
The City of Trail is the main supporter and initiator of bids, as well as organizing and hosting major sporting events in the Greater Trail area. The City owns all of the major sports facilities in the area.
Hosting Portfolio
2007 World Junior A Hockey Challenge
2007 Scotties BC Women's Curling Championships
1982 and 2006 BC Winter Games
1991 BC Men's Curling Championships
1960 Allan Cup Championships
Facility Contact
Robert Baker
Parks and Recreation Director
City of Trail
250-364-0808/250-368-1363
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Kootenay Rockies region of BC
1875 Columbia Avenue, Trail, BC, V1R 4T8
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