Red Deer College Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre

Red Deer College’s new Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre was designed as a world-class, inclusive facility that integrates education and learning with sport and training in order to provide a welcoming and dynamic environment. It offers enhanced programming that promotes healthy lifestyles and community connection through high performance and recreational athletic training and playing venues, as well as community gathering spaces for central Albertan of all ages.

Built for the 2019 Canada Winter Games held in Red Deer, AB, the LEED® Gold Canada Games Centre features:

• Teaching and learning spaces including classrooms and labs housed in the Donald Health & Wellness Centre wing.
• Fitness and training spaces boasting a 200m competition track and large fitness centre including squash courts.
• Performance gymnasium that provides additional event space with 1,200 collapsible seating and two full size gymnasiums.
• Hybrid sized ice surface that can be converted to an Olympic-sized ice rink for the 2019 Canada Winter Games.
• Great hall, administration centre, and outdoor athletics zone.

The following Sustainability Spotlight provides information on how this project received LEED Gold Certification.