The Canada Games Arena, also known as the Crystal Centre, is a 3,228-seat multi-purpose arena

Arena

An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...

 in Grande Prairie, Alberta

Grande Prairie, Alberta

Grande Prairie is a city in the northwestern part of the province of Alberta in Western Canada. It is located on the southern edge of the Peace River Country . The city is surrounded by the County of Grande Prairie No...

 Canada

Canada

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. The arena was built in 1995, for the Canada Games

Canada Games

The Canada Games is a high-level multi-sport event with a National Artists Program held every two years in Canada, alternating between the Canada Winter Games and the Canada Summer Games. Athletes are strictly amateur only, and represent their province or territory.The Games were first held in 1967...

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It is home to the Grande Prairie Storm

Grande Prairie Storm

The Grande Prairie Storm are an ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. They play in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada at the Canada Games Arena, capacity 3228, also known as the Crystal Centre....

 of the Alberta Junior Hockey League

Alberta Junior Hockey League

The Alberta Junior Hockey League is an Alberta-based Junior A hockey league that belongs to the Canadian Junior Hockey League . It was formed as a five-team league in 1964. There are currently 16 teams in the league. The regular season league champions receive the Dave Duchak Trophy...

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It has also hosted the 2004 Royal Bank Cup

Royal Bank Cup 2004

The Royal Bank Cup 2004 was the Junior "A" 2004 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.The Royal Bank Cup was competed for by the winners of the Doyle Cup, Anavet Cup, Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Fred Page Cup and a host city.The tournament was hosted by the Grande...

 and 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship

2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship

-Draw 2:March 18, 21:00-Draw 3:March 19, 09:00-Draw 4:March 19, 13:30-Draw 5:March 19, 18:30-Draw 6:March 20, 09:00-Draw 7:March 20, 14:00-Draw 8:March 20, 18:30-Draw 9:March 21, 09:00...

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Nickelback

Nickelback

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 played at the arena during The Long Road Tour

The Long Road Tour

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 on March 20th, 2004.

Rihanna

Rihanna

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 performed at the arena during the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour on September 17, 2007, with Akon

Akon

Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...

 as her opening act.

The Backstreet Boys

Backstreet Boys

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 performed at the arena during their Unbreakable Tour

Unbreakable Tour

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on November 15, 2008.

Other bands that played the Canada Games Arena are:

Bryan Adams

Our Lady Peace

Snoop Dogg

Barenaked Ladies

Matthew Good Band

ZZ Top

Finger Eleven

Blue Rodeo

Prozac

George Thorogood

Def Leppard

Nelly Furtado

Default

Wide Mouth Mason

Belly

Collective Soul

Black Eyed Peas

Social Code

Big & Rich

Alice Cooper

Keith Urban

Emerson Drive

Randy Travis

The Tea Party

Willie Nelson

Tragically Hip

Corb Lund

Paul Brandt