Prospera Place

Prospera Place
Construction
Interior of Propera Place
Former names	Skyreach Place (1999–2003) Prospera Place (2003–present)
Location	1223 Water Street Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y 9V1
Owner	City of Kelowna
Operator	RG Properties Ltd.
Capacity	Concerts: 8,000 Hockey: 5,507; 6,286 (with standing room)
Broke ground	August 9, 1998
Opened	August 28, 1999
Construction cost	$24 million ($32.8 million in 2016 dollars^[1])
Architect	ICR Projects Inc.
Structural engineer	Weiler Smith Bowers^[2]
Services engineer	Matteotti Yoneda Associates Ltd.
General contractor	RG Construction, Ltd.
Tenants
Kelowna Rockets (WHL) (1999–present)

Prospera Place, formerly known as Skyreach Place, is a 6,886-seat multi-purpose arena, in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. It replaced Kelowna Memorial Arena, which is still in use for smaller events.

Opened in 1999, it is home to the Kelowna Rockets hockey club.

The arena hosted the Memorial Cup in 2004.

The arena has hosted concerts by many famous artists, spanning many different genres.

The So You Think You Can Dance Canada Tour came to the arena in 2009 & 2010.

A multi-story parking garage is situated nearby, as well as a private parking lot made available by the arena for attendants who have purchased a parking pass.

Prospera Credit Union obtained naming rights to the arena in 2003, rights it will keep until at least January 2019.^[3]

References

↑ Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada. "Consumer Price Index, historical summary". CANSIM, table (for fee) 326-0021 and Catalogue nos. 62-001-X, 62-010-X and 62-557-X. And Consumer Price Index, by province (monthly) (Canada) Last modified 2016-01-22. Retrieved March 2, 2016
↑ "PROSPERA PLACE (formerly Skyreach Place) 1223 Water Street, Kelowna, BC". Weiler Smith Bowers. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
↑ "Prospera Place Naming Rights Extended". March 4, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.

External links

Official website of Prospera Place

Current arenas in the Western Hockey League

Eastern Conference	Art Hauser Centre (Prince Albert, SK) Brandt Centre (Regina, SK) Canalta Centre (Medicine Hat, AB) Credit Union iPlex (Swift Current, SK) ENMAX Centre (Lethbridge, AB) ENMAX Centrium (Red Deer, AB) Mosaic Place (Moose Jaw, SK) Rogers Place (Edmonton, AB) SaskTel Centre (Saskatoon, SK) Scotiabank Saddledome (Calgary, AB) Western Financial Place (Cranbrook, BC) Westman Place (Brandon, MB)

Western Conference	CN Centre (Prince George, BC) Xfinity Arena at Everett (Everett, WA) Sandman Centre (Kamloops, BC) Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Portland, OR) Langley Events Centre (Langley, BC) Prospera Place (Kelowna, BC) Moda Center (Portland, OR) Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre (Victoria, BC) ShoWare Center (Kent, WA) Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena (Spokane, WA) Toyota Center (Kennewick, WA)

Coordinates: 49°53′34″N 119°29′41″W / 49.89278°N 119.49472°W / 49.89278; -119.49472

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