Sports & Culture Events
Red Deer is a proud four-season sports tourism destination that’s large enough to host marquee events like the Canada Winter Games and the Memorial Cup. Thanks to Red Deer’s hospitality and authentic western Canadian vibe, visitors will feel right at home. Red Deer is young, active and passionate about sports. With a population of just over 100,000, Red Deer has a potential market of more than two million people within a 160km radius. With new sport facilities and destination improvements, Red Deer is ready and able to host any type of sport event. Whether it’s a national curling, hockey or multi-sport competition, or speed skating, volleyball, pickleball and baseball. Red Deer is one of Alberta’s most cost-effective destinations, and its compact transportation network means you’re never far from any of the excellent sport facilities, abundant high-quality accommodations and unique off-site venues.
Explore Red Deer
Red Deer has an endless range of things to do in downtime for teams, families and out of town spectators. From craft brewery tours to spas, shopping to skating, museums to recreation centres, Red Deer is sure to have something for everyone. Red Deer is committed to sports, and it shows. We’ve hosted major national and international events, including world curling championships and national figure skating competitions. But no sport is too small we have a variety of facilities to accommodate all. Red Deer’s many indoor and outdoor facilities are an ideal setting for any sporting event.
Fun Facts: Red Deer is home to 77 sports fields, 86 ball diamonds, 66 outdoor skating rinks, 52 tennis courts, 125 kms of trails within our City
We have a history of hosting sports in Red Deer
A winning combination of great facilities, a central location, enthusiastic volunteers and abundant high quality accommodations makes the Red Deer Region an ideal host city for sporting events of all sizes. In 2019, we hosted our biggest sporting event ever, the Canada Winter Games. It took a lot of work to host the largest multisport event in the nation, but we did it. With upgraded facilities and enthusiastic volunteers, we ensured the 3,600 athletes, their coaches, their families and their fans experienced the best games ever.
In 2016, the Red Deer Rebels hosted the 98th edition of the MasterCard Memorial Cup at Enmax Centrium in Westerner Park. Over 500 local volunteers worked together to make sure the event went off without a hitch. The City has a track record for excellence in hosting major sporting events. Several national and international sporting events like the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Brier, the world junior hockey championships and national figure skating events have previously taken place in this region.
Here is just a small sample of Red Deer hosted sporting events:
- 2019 Canada Winter Games
- 2016 Mastercard Memorial Cup
- 2014 Skate Canada Western Regional Adult Competition
- 2013 Special Olympics Alberta Summer Games
- 2012 & 2004 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
- 1994 Labatt Brier (currently known as the Tim Horton’s Brier)
- MudHeros, Annually
- The Pickleball Canada National Championships 2021
Experiences to get you inspired
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Find the perfect space for your Event.
Come and explore over 350,000 square feet of our premier event and meeting spaces. All are waiting for you to add that unique touch or enhancement to create a memorable event experience. Our city hosts numerous events from 10 to 10,000 people and are here to truly to support you and your attendees. Red Deer offers the same sophisticated and innovated spaces that you will find in other destinations. So take a moment and see why planners select these partners time and time again for their event.
