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Stadium

SaskTel Centre

Saskatoon, Canada

Formerly: Saskatchewan Place, Credit Union Centre

On the map

The photo shows a single-storey utility block with vertical siding and a "SaskTel" sign, sitting on gravel with a bare antenna in the background. That is not the arena. The real place sits back in the Agriplace Industrial Park, a sprawling site of warehouses and car parks in the north of Saskatoon.

The ground opened in 1988 to replace the old Saskatoon Arena, which had served the city since the 1930s. It was built by Carlson Constructors, Ltd. on a budget of C$ 24.8 million, with a later expansion in 2009. The architects were Ferguson Folstad Friggstad and PBK Architects, Inc.

The name has changed twice. It was originally Saskatchewan Place and then Credit Union Centre before SaskTel picked up the rights in August 2014. Locals still call it "Sask Place." Inside, the floor is convertible for ice, turf, or court, hosting the Blades, the Rush, and the Mamba. Hockey and basketball take 15,100 places; lacrosse fills it to 15,195. The loudest crowd was a Metallica concert in 2018, when 16,874 people turned up, beating the previous record set by Garth Brooks.

It has staged the Memorial Cup, the IIHF World Junior Championship, and the NHL's first neutral-site game between the Calgary Flames and the Minnesota North Stars in 1992. A bronze statue of Gordie Howe stands outside; his ashes were put there in 2016.