Neither Whitehall Avenue nor Osborne Place exists today, although a stretch remains in use as a driveway at Balmoral Street, marked in the sidewalk by its newer name.
According to archives of the Granite Curling Club:A massive wooden structure, the Amphitheatre doubled as the arena for summer horse shows and an exhibition hall, and as an indoor skating rink in the winter.
The area, therefore, formed a disjointed sports complex, with good access to the street-car lines and considerable public profile...[1]Constructed between 1908-1909 for the Winnipeg Horse Show Company's horse shows, the Amphitheatre was designed by Winnipeg architects Ralph Benjamin Pratt and Donald Aynsley Ross.
Junior championship games were also held at the Amphitheatre, drawing in local teams like the Elmwood Millionaires, St. Boniface Seals, Portage Terriers, and the Brandon Wheat Kings.
[4] In 1943, Winnipeg City Council members flagged fire safety concerns with the building, citing overcrowding as the main issue.