Co-op Place

{{short description|Multi-use indoor arena in Medicine Hat, Alberta}} {{Infobox venue | name = Co-op Place | image = | pushpin_map = Alberta#Canada | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Alberta##Location within Canada | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_label = Co-op Place | former_names = Medicine Hat Events Centre<br />Canalta Centre ({{small|2017–2020}}) | address = 2802 Box Springs Way NW | location = Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada | coordinates = {{coord|50|04|02|N|110|44|05|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | broke_ground = 2013 | opened = Sept. 23, 2015 | owner = City of Medicine Hat | operator = City of Medicine Hat | architect = Architecture 49 Inc. | seating_capacity = Hockey: 7,100 | tenants = Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) (2015–present) | website = {{url|coopplace.ca}} | logo_image = Co-Op_Place.png }} '''Co-op Place''' (formerly '''Canalta Centre''') is a 7,100-seat indoor arena located in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. It opened on August 22, 2015 as the new home of the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League, replacing the Medicine Hat Arena.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chattelevision.ca/__news/canalta-centre-grand-opening/ |title=Canalta Centre Grand Opening|website=CHAT Television|accessdate=November 12, 2017 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112145107/http://chattelevision.ca/__news/canalta-centre-grand-opening/ |archivedate=November 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swiftcurrentonline.com/local/31333-canalta-centre-set-to-open-it-s-doors|title=Canalta Centre Set to Open its Doors |author=SCOL News|website=Swiftcurrentonline.com|archive-date=November 12, 2017|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112145107/https://www.swiftcurrentonline.com/local/31333-canalta-centre-set-to-open-it-s-doors }}</ref>

== History == The arena was initially operated by SMG (now ASM Global) under a contract with the city. The arena underperformed in its first years of operations, with low ticket sales for concerts and sporting events. Its operating costs were higher than originally projected.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 27, 2021 |title=Operating costs balloon at Co-op Place|url=https://medicinehatnews.com/news/local-news/2021/01/27/operating-costs-balloon-at-co-op-place/|access-date=December 14, 2021|work=Medicine Hat News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=September 28, 2017|title=Canalta Centre general manager dismissed |url=http://chatnewstoday.ca/article/528649/canalta-centre-general-manager-dismissed|url-status=live |website=CHAT News Today |publisher=Pattison Media |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112145107/http://chatnewstoday.ca/article/528649/canalta-centre-general-manager-dismissed |archivedate=November 12, 2017}}</ref> In April 2020, the city announced that it would not renew its contract with ASM Global, and that operations for the arena would be brought in-house.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Chris|last2=Roblin|first2=Scott|title=City to assume Canalta Centre operations |url=https://chatnewstoday.ca/2020/04/13/city-to-assume-canalta-centre-operations/|access-date=December 14, 2021|website=CHAT News Today|publisher=Pattison Media|language=en}}</ref>

Canalta Hotels initially held the naming rights to the arena. In 2020, South Country Co-op acquired the naming rights, renaming the arena Co-op Place.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Goodwein|first=Tiffany|title=Regional event centre to be renamed Co-op Place|url=https://chatnewstoday.ca/2020/10/19/regional-event-centre-to-be-renamed-co-op-place/|access-date=December 14, 2021 |website=CHAT News Today|language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{url|coopplace.ca}}

Category:2015 establishments in Alberta Category:Ice hockey venues in Alberta Category:Western Hockey League arenas Category:Sports in Medicine Hat Category:Sports venues completed in 2015