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Co-op Place (formerly Canalta Centre) is a 7,100-seat indoor arena located in
Medicine Hat Medicine Hat is a city in Southern Alberta, southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff, Alberta, ...
,
Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
, Canada. It opened on August 22, 2015 as the new home of the
Medicine Hat Tigers The Medicine Hat Tigers are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League (WHL) who play in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Established in 1970, the team has won two national Memorial Cups, five WHL League Championships and seven Divis ...
of the
Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior h ...
, replacing the
Medicine Hat Arena The Medicine Hat Arena is a 4,006-seat multi-purpose arena in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. It was built in 1970 to replace Arena Gardens (Medicine Hat), the old rink that burned down in a fire where the Medicine Hat Inn is now situated. It was h ...
.


History

The arena was initially operated by SMG (now
ASM Global The Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), also known as AEG Worldwide, is an American global sporting and music entertainment presenter and a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corporation. It is the world's largest owner of sports teams and sports event ...
) under a contract with the city. The arena underperformed in its first years of operations, failed to attract as many major events as Medicine Hat Arena, and its operating costs were higher than expected. 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.
Canalta Hotels Canalta Hotels is a hotel chain in western Canada with 44 hotels in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The family owned company is based out of Drumheller and primarily targets smaller towns in Western Canada catering to sports teams, weddings, m ...
initially held the naming rights to the arena. In 2020, South Country Co-op acquired the naming rights, renaming the arena Co-op Place.


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* Indoor arenas in Alberta Indoor ice hockey venues in Canada Western Hockey League arenas Sport in Medicine Hat {{Canada-icehockey-venue-stub