Winnipeg Auditorium

Until this time, most ice hockey had been played on the rinks of curling clubs in Winnipeg.

Construction was financed by a group of very prominent businessmen, among them E. L. Drewry, proprietor of the Redwood and Empire Brewery, F. W. Stobart of Stobart and Sons (dry goods), J. H. Ashdown of Ashdown's Hardware, and A. M. Nanton, partner in the financial firm of Osler, Hammond, and Nanton.

[1] The arena was used primarily for ice hockey but also hosted professional boxing until it was destroyed by fire on March 14, 1926.

In 1907, it was used for the Stanley Cup challenge series between the Kenora Thistles and the Montreal Wanderers.

When the Winnipeg Art Gallery moved across the street to their own building (300 Memorial Blvd.)

The Winnipeg Auditorium officially opened October 15, 1932, with the Canadian Industrial Exhibition of the North-West Commercial Travellers Association.