Kinsmen Sports Centre

The land surrounding the facility is called Kinsmen Park, part of Edmonton's city-long North Saskatchewan River valley parks system.

The Kinsmen Sports Centre is owned by the City of Edmonton and operated by the Community Services Department.

[2] The field house was opened January 3, 1968, and was intended to be the first phase of a multifaceted Kinsmen Village that would eventually include an Olympic-size swimming pool and an indoor/outdoor performing arts theatre.

[4] Kinsmen Field House once hosted concerts by many famous artists, including Led Zeppelin & Vanilla Fudge (1969), Frank Zappa (1971), Manfred Mann & KISS (1974), Kansas (1975), Queen (1975), Wishbone Ash (1975), Max Webster (1977), Rush (1975, 1976 & 1977), The Lillo's (1978), Bob Marley (1979), Gary Numan (1980), Motorhead (1981), Ozzy Osbourne (1981), Girlschool, Iron Maiden and The Scorpions (1982), The Clash (1982), Billy Idol w/Platinum Blonde (1984), KISS (1985) and Uriah Heep (1986).

In 1976, the Kinsmen Aquatic Centre was added to the facility to serve the 1978 Commonwealth Games.