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Kelowna Capital News Centre

Arena Retrofit for Sledge Hockey

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Capital News Centre's two arenas each feature five dressing rooms and its indoor artificial turf fields have many more to meet the needs of all teams and officials. There are two meeting spaces available with audio-visual equipment for camps, meetings and tournaments. Additionally, Capital News Centre contains a physical therapy clinic, a fully equiped cardio and weight fitness centre, a spacious lobby with concession and a licensed restaurant with a view of the main arena.

Capital News Centre is completely wheelchair accessible. In March 2007, the main arena underwent a retrofit to make the facility barrier free for sledge hockey. It is one of a few facilities in Western Canada that is fully accessible for all hockey enthusiasts.

Hockey Canada played host to the 2007 World Sledge Hockey Challenge at Capital News Centre. Round-robin action featured teams from Norway, Germany, USA and Canada, with sold out crowds cheering Canada to its gold medal over Norway.

Capital News Centre was also the site of the 2008 BC Short Track Speed Skating Championship and was used as an Accreditation Centre and Special Event venue during the 2008 BC Summer Games in Kelowna.

Capital News Centre now has the added benefit of being located right beside the new, 8,920-square-metre H2O Adventure and Fitness Centre at Mission Recreation Park. The massive park, which also features a lit artificial turf field as well as grass fields and ball diamonds, is located 10 minutes from downtown Kelowna.

Fast Facts

-Two NHL-sized (85' x 200') arenas
-Two indoor artificial turf fields
-Indoor running track and a fitness facility
-Barrier free for sledge hockey
- Awarded Environmental Excellence Award from Aquila Networks Canada for energy-efficient design.

Facility Specs

Year completed	2004
Seating capacity	800
Parking capacity	425
Medical room	No
Warm up area	Yes
Licensed for alcohol	Yes
Official rooms	2
Food services	Yes
Dressing rooms	15

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

Sport Hosting Services

Sport Kelowna is a community-based partnership committed to sport development. Through the partnership, which connects the City of Kelowna, PacificSport Okanagan and Tourism Kelowna, Sport Kelowna offers a wide variety of complimentary resources to sport planners. Those include:

- Accommodation Search Support
- Bid Development
- Event Business Planning and Budget Template*
- Event Funding (Sport Event Development Grant)
- Event Hosting Tool Kit
- Event Planning Template*
- International Events Database*
- Participant Welcome Packages
- Promotional Tools
- Site Inspections
- Sponsorship Proposal Samples
-Sport Tourism Economic Assessment Model (STEAM)*

* Offered through membership with Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance

Along with these resources, Sport Kelowna provides sport planners with timely information on facilities, grants and other resources within Kelowna’s sport community. Our extensive, supportive network works to your advantage.

Meetings and Training Camps
There is no better place than Kelowna if you plan to turn a tournament into an event, a meeting into an experience or a road trip into a team-building exercise.