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The St. James Civic Centre is a multipurpose recreation complex located in the St. James district of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The complex features an indoor ice hockey arena, swimming pool, and auditorium. Built in 1967, the St. James Civic Centre is owned and operated by the City of Winnipeg.
The deal was approved in a vote at a January 17, 1966, City Council meeting, and 8.75 acres of city-owned property was exchanged to the Division for the 8-acre pool site. One of the potential sites studied was next to the Winnipeg Arena. The design of the Pool would be two-thirds the size of the Winnipeg Arena. [9]
In the 1960s, the Pan-Am Pool was built for the 1967 Pan-Am Games, which was to take place in Winnipeg as the first Pan-Am Games held in Canada. In March that year, Winnipeg Mayor Stephen Juba applied to the Canadian Amateur Swimming Association for the Aquatic Hall of Fame and Museum of Canada to be housed at the Pool.
The St. James Civic Centre is a public recreation complex that serves the western part of Winnipeg. The complex, which was built in 1967, features an indoor ice hockey arena, swimming pool, and auditorium, and is owned and operated by the City of Winnipeg.
The Pan Am Pool, built for the 1967 games, featured in the 1999 games for all aquatic events. The venue underwent a $3.3 million renovation for the games. [ 2 ] Other new venues included the $8.7 million Investors Group Athletic Centre built for multiple sports and the $12 million CanWest Global Park for the baseball competition.
The Seven Oaks Arena is an ice hockey facility that opened in 2015. It was constructed at a cost of $18 million under a cost-sharing agreement between the City of Winnipeg, the provincial government, and the community centre. Following the opening of Seven Oaks Arena, the city closed the obsolete Old Exhibition and Vimy Arenas. [2]
Volleyball at Kildonan Park. Kildonan Park is a park in the West Kildonan area of northern Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.. Established in 1909 as a 73-acre (30 ha) park, [1] it features the Peguis Pavilion, Rainbow Stage, the Witch's Hut, an Olympic-sized outdoor swimming pool, duck pond, and soccer field as well as picnic tables and barbecue pits.
The building also featured Winnipeg's first indoor pool. The first floor featured retail space, which was home to a variety of tenants over the years, including Canadian General Electric (1900-1905), Forrester and Hatcher, Pianos (1900-1904), Great West Permanent Loan and Savings (1904-1906), and the New York Hair Store (1905-1910).