Courtesy Duality Photographic
Courtesy The Manitoba Sports
Hall of Fame
YOGA PUBLIC
As Canada's largest yoga studio, this upscale fitness studio is a new addition to Winnipeg
developed by the owners of Ten Spa and The Fort Garry Hotel. Yoga Public offers more than 100
classes (from ashtanga to yin to TRX) per week in its four studios. The common areas offer spalike amenities, complimentary mat and towel service, and luxurious change rooms.
www.yogapublic.com
MANITOBA SPORTS HALL OF FAME
The Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame reopened in its new home at the Sport for Life Centre. It has
18,000 artifacts, memorabilia and game-day jerseys and equipment covering 72 sports that
document the province's sporting life for the past 125 years. Highlights include numerous pieces
from the NHL's Winnipeg Jets players Dale Hawerchuk and Teemu Selanne, Cindy Klassen's skin
suit and bike, and Kerry Burtnyk's Brier shirt.
www.halloffame.mb.ca
Courtesy Cory Aronec Photography
Courtesy Parks Canada
Courtesy True North
Sports & Entertainment
INVESTORS GROUP FIELD
Set to open in 2013, Investors Group Field is the new stadium for the Canadian Football League's
Winnipeg Blue Bombers and University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus, it boasts, 33,500 seats
with the ability to expand to 40,000 seats for major events. U.S. singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's
June 22 sold-out appearance at Investors Group Field will be the $190-million stadium's first
concert.
www.investorsgroupfield.ca
JUNOS 2014
Canada's premier music awards show for the country's top recording artists returns to
Winnipeg in 2014. The 43rd Juno Week festivities take place March 24-30 with the main
awards show taking place on March 30 at MTS Centre. Juno week festivities include a music
showcase, a charity hockey game, a fan fare autograph session, a songwriter's circle and more.
junoawards.ca/press/2014-juno-awards
VARIETY HERITAGE ADVENTURE PARK
The new Variety Heritage Adventure Park at The Forks is an educational adventure for kids of all
abilities. The area's history comes to life through experiential play zones, such as the Hudson's Bay
Company York Boat and a traditional beadwork board.
www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/mb/forks/ne.aspx
CANAD INNS ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE AT THE METROPOLITAN THEATRE
Built in 1919, Winnipeg's grand dame the Metropolitan Theatre, was a dazzling 24,000 sq. ft.
neoclassical gem with a domed ceiling, twin staircases leading to a large mezzanine and an
enormous chandelier. Designed by renowned American theatre architect C. Howard Crane, the
theatre was closed in 1987. In late 2012, the Met was refurbished and reopened as a cabaretstyle special events venue, restaurant and lounge.
www.canadinns.com/meet/themet.php
For more information or to arrange a media visit, contact Nisha Tuli at 204.954.1993 or nisha@tourismwinnipeg.com
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