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The Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, located in a city of over 700,000 people, in a market area of more than 1.5 million, conveniently located only 10 minutes from the Winnipeg Airport and downtown area. With a seating capacity of 3,000 to 17,500, the largest facility within a 500 mile radius, it's an attractive market for any event.
The Winnipeg Arena has hosted a variety of events such as hockey, basketball, concerts, ice shows, Disney On Ice, WWW Wrestling,monster truck shows, trade shows, conventions, circuses, and other various special events.
On April 23, 1999 Jason Sheps wrote: Winnipeg Arena was built in the 1950s for the WHL's Winnipeg Warriors (which folded along with the rest of the league in 1984). After the Winnipeg Jets left for Phoenix, the IHL's Manitoba Moose took over. The arena was renovated a bit which included new club seats that are padded, an upgrade in concessions, a new Manitoba Moose gear store and a new bar and grill. There still is the bad lightbulb scoreboard and the capacity for Moose games is now 10 000+, but it is starting to improve. Starting in the 1999 Turner Cup Playoffs, Winnipeg Arena will get new replay boards, which were donated by the Toronto Raptors. The replay boards were originally used for a scoreboard for Toronto Raptors home games when they played at SkyDome. After they moved to the Air Canada Centre, there was no more need for the scoreboard and it came to Winnipeg Arena. Winnipeg Arena was recently the site of the 1999 World Junior Hockey Championships and will host some events for the upcoming 1999 Pan-Am Games.
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