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Page 18 TOP RE ASONS TO MEE T Top Reasons to Compete in Winnipeg TOP REASONS TO MEET TOP RE ASONS TO COMPE T E IN WINNIPEG W I N N I P E G Y O U R B I G G E S T F A N EXPERIENCE Winnipeg has a proven track record for successfully hosting international sports events, including the 1999 Pan Am Games, 2014 World Indigenous Games, 2015 FIFA Women's Cup and the Canadian Football League's 2015 Grey Cup HIGH-CALIBRE FACILITIES The city has a diverse range of top-notch sport venues including the brand new Investors Group Field stadium, the state-of-the-art MTS Centre arena and MTS Iceplex, the impressive Subway Soccer South Indoor Complex, and a newly expanded RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg STELLAR REPUTATION Local, qualified event managers have the professional expertise to create an efficient and enjoyable environment for athletes, participants and fans alike VOLUNTEERS Winnipeg's enthusiastic volunteers continue to step up whenever an opportunity is presented. In the most recent Statistics Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (2013), Manitoba's 52% volunteer rate ranked well above the Canadian average of 44% Five things you didn't know about Winnipeg 1 3 5 2 4 Compete in Winnipeg and you will see why National Geographic Traveler has named Winnipeg as one of the 20 best trips in the world for 2016. World War II's spymaster Sir William Stephenson, born in Winnipeg, was immortalized in the book "A Man Called Intrepid" and became the inspiration for Ian Fleming's 007 James Bond. The Winnipeg Art Gallery has the world's largest public collection of contemporary Inuit art. Winnipeg was nicknamed the "Chicago of the North" for the Chicago School style of architecture that was used to build Winnipeg's skyscrapers at the turn-of-the-20th-century. Winnipeg-born Clara Hughes, a cycling and speed skating Olympic competitor, made history by being the only athlete to win multiple medals in both Summer and Winter Games. The Harlequin Romance publishing empire was founded in Winnipeg in 1949. Winnipeg Skyline