REGINA: BUILT TO HOST

By Angela Kryhul

You can’t talk about sport in Regina without mentioning the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Mosaic Stadium and the REAL District. Together, they anchor a city where sport is central to community identity. In 2025 alone, the city hosted more than 80 sports and business events, from national and international championships to the unmistakable energy of Rider Nation. 054D34

FAST FACTS

HOTEL INVENTORY: 4,000+ guestrooms
REGINA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (YQR): Year-round direct flights from Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Toronto, plus seasonal service from Montreal, Kelowna and Halifax, as well
as select international destinations.

THE REAL DISTRICT: A HOSTING POWERHOUSE

Spanning more than 100 acres, the REAL District is Canada’s largest interconnected event complex. Home to the Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL), Regina Pats (WHL), Futbol Club Regina (CF Regina), University of Regina Cougars and numerous local sport organizations, the REAL District allows organizers to host multi-venue tournaments within one walkable footprint.

Mosaic Stadium
One of Canada’s most iconic sport venues and home of the 2025 Grey Cup Champion Saskatchewan Roughriders, Mosaic Stadium offers far more than game-day excitement.
• 33,000 seats, expandable to 40,000
• 38 corporate suites and multiple premium lounges
• Field-of-play event experiences
• On-site auditorium and meeting rooms

AffinityPlex
A multi-sport complex hosting more than 300 events annually.
• 90,000 sq. ft. of recreation space
• Configurable turf fields
• Capacity up to 7,000 people

Avana Centre
A flexible indoor multi-sport centre featuring:
• 120,000 sq. ft. of multi-use space
• Courts and indoor skate park
• Home to volleyball, pickleball, basketball, skateboarding, futsal and more

Brandt Centre
A 6,000-seat arena with a proven championship résumé, including the Memorial Cup, Brier and Tournament of Hearts:
• Executive skyboxes and full-service concessions
• Regularly hosts large sporting events, concerts, championship curling, basketball, figure skating, rodeos, conventions, trade shows and more

Bunge International Trade Centre
• 150,000 sq. ft. of multi-purpose space
• Up to 90,000 sq. ft. of continuous, column-free event floor
• A 7,785-sq.-ft. mezzanine, featuring a boardroom and view of the activity below

Co-operators Centre
• Six NHL-size ice surfaces and a meeting room for competition organizers
• Designed specifically for year-round tournament play
• Seating for 1,300 with full media capabilities

BUCKETS & BORDERS: BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER

Founded in 2015, Buckets & Borders is a national nonprofit organization with the mandate to improve communities and bring people together through basketball. The organization builds and restores outdoor courts, tells impactful stories and delivers community-led programming. To date, Buckets & Borders has built or fully restored nearly 30 courts across eight provinces and two countries, engaged over 500 youth directly and donated more than 4,500 basketballs through its Ball 4 All initiative.

ADDITIONAL SPORT VENUES

Beyond the REAL District, Regina offers a deep bench of sport infrastructure. The Canada Games Athletic Complex features a regulation track, artificial turf field, baseball and fastball diamonds, cricket pitch, tennis and pickleball courts, disc golf course and more.

The Sportplex includes a 200-metre indoor track, fieldhouse, courts, classrooms and the Lawson Aquatic Centre. The University of Regina’s Centre for Kinesiology, Health and Sport regularly hosts national and international competitions. Among the facilities are a three-court gymnasium with seating for up to 2,000 spectators and lecture and classroom facilities.

IN THE WORKS

Regina’s proposed Indoor Aquatics Facility is scheduled to open in 2029. With geothermal heating at its core, the energy-efficient facility features two 50-metre competition pools, dive towers and dryland training spaces. Announced in fall 2025, Queen City Distillers is a new entertainment hub that will connect directly to the Brandt Centre and feature a craft distillery and brewery, an all-ages sports bar, restaurant, wine bar, speakeasy-style lounge and a 1,490-person live music venue with three stages.

On November 7, 2027, Regina will host the 2027 Grey Cup at Mosaic Stadium. For the first time ever, the entire Grey Cup Festival, including the Street Festival, will be held indoors at the REAL District.