Kal Tire Place, formerly known as Wesbild Centre and Vernon Multiplex, is a 3,006 seat multi-purpose
arena
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located in
Vernon,
British Columbia
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, Canada. There is an additional standing room capacity of 500. It was built in 2001 as an upgrade over the aging Civic Arena and became the home ice surface of the
Vernon Vipers
The Vernon Vipers are a junior "A" ice hockey team based in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Interior Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). They play their home games at Kal Tire Place.
History
The V ...
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The Wesbild Centre was the location of the
2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship.
On March 7, 2008, Wesbild Holdings Limited, a
real-estate developing company, acquired the
naming rights
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to the facility. The five–year, $200,000 pact, which included an additional five-year, $250,000 option, began with a public skating event in April 2008. The arena was renamed to Kal Tire Place in June 2013 after Vernon-based
Kal Tire purchased the arena's naming rights for $40,000 annually over four years.
References
External links
Kal Tire Place official website
Indoor arenas in British Columbia
Indoor ice hockey venues in Canada
Indoor lacrosse venues in Canada
Sports venues in British Columbia
British Columbia Hockey League arenas
Sport in Vernon, British Columbia
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