Brandt Centre is connected to an interconnected series of various convention and sports facilities, including the Viterra International Trade Centre, Canada Place, the AffinityPlex (a multi-purpose indoor area that also supports an indoor soccer field.
Formerly known as the "EventPlex," but sponsored by Affinity Credit Union since September 2018),[1] the Queensbury Convention Centre (a convention and banquet facility), and The Co-operators Centre, a six-rink hockey facility.
The complex is host site of the Queen City Ex, as well as Canadian Western Agribition and Canada's Farm Show.
The association also stated that it had inadvertently received shipments, phone calls, and resumes from entities who thought Evraz Place was a company office.
REAL denied that the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine was the main impetus for dropping the naming rights (while domiciled in the United Kingdom, the largest shareholder of the company is Russian), as the contract had expired in May 2021, but that it was announced sooner than scheduled due to the crisis.