Business Events

And they’re off! Hear the thundering hooves as you sit trackside, or watch the jockeys urge their horse down the home stretch from the second-floor clubhouse or the third-floor open grandstand at Manitoba’s premier horse track. Get some tips from friendly Guest Services staff before you make your wager on each high-energy event. Open year-round, offering onsite dining and daily televised racing when live racing is out of season. Assiniboia Downs is also available for trade shows, private events and corporate gatherings

Located in the heart of downtown Winnipeg, Canada Life Centre is a 15,000+-seat arena and an exciting setting for sports, entertainment and special events. Home to the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets, AHL’s Manitoba Moose and CEBL’s Sea Bears, the venue offers a variety of spaces for gala dinners, conferences, trade shows, meetings, corporate gatherings and private functions. With premium food and beverage options, technical support and unique arena amenities, Canada Life Centre provides a versatile and memorable experience from intimate functions to large-scale events, all with the energy of a major league arena.

Located downtown, Centennial Concert Hall offers a versatile setting for performances and events, with theatre seating for up to 2,305 people. The venue features modern sound and lighting systems, special effects and theatrical supplies, projection equipment and a state-of-the-art system for the hearing impaired. Its grand foyer has space for 1,500, while the surrounding balconies and the Piano Noble Gallery will enhance any corporate event with its elegance. Additional amenities include beverage services, a café and a dining room for private functions. With its range of technical capabilities and event spaces, Centennial Concert Hall accommodates diverse event needs.

Connected to Club Regent Casino and the Canad Inns hotel, Club Regent Event Centre is a one-of-a-kind venue with flexible spaces that can be transformed to suit a variety of events. State-of-the-art mechanics allow the space to be reconfigured into multiple layouts and seating options, from expansive trade show floors to elegant gala dinners and seated award shows and concerts. Professional in-house audio-visual production helps ensure events look and sound spectacular. Event planning is supported by certified event coordinators, an executive chef and culinary team, entertainment specialists, professional stage crew, and hospitality and banquet teams.

Dating back to 1809, Fort Gibraltar is a historic gathering place on the banks of the Red River. During summer and Festival du Voyageur, costumed interpreters bring the fort to life with demonstrations of traditional voyageurs’ skills and activities. This early 19th-century replica trading fort also offers a unique setting for meetings, conferences, receptions and dinners, with indoor and outdoor spaces inspired by the voyageurs and fur trade era. The Great Hall accommodates up to 140 for dinner or 188 for a reception, while Maison Chaboillez hosts up to 48 for dinner or 60 for a reception.

Six hundred-forty acres of pristine prairie, aspen forest and North America’s largest urban bison herd can all be encountered at this oasis in south Winnipeg. In summer, feel the wind in your hair canoeing or sailing its lakes. In fall, savour a farm-to-table meal as migrating birds fill the sky and descend on the wetlands at sunset. In winter, go cross-country skiing and snowshoeing on its many trails, then catch some speed on the Richardson Rrrun toboggan slide. The new Buffalo Crossing facility –– Canada’s greenest new building –– contains the Nature Nook store, event spaces and views of Muir Lake.

Located right in the heart of Assiniboine Park Zoo, the Journey to Churchill is both the world’s most comprehensive Arctic species exhibit of its kind, and an unforgettable venue for all manner of events. Invite your guests to a one-of-a-kind venue where they’ll dine under dancing Northern lights in the Aurora Borealis Theatre and mingle in the Sea Ice Passage under swimming polar bears. Its expansive grounds are home to wolves, Arctic fox, snowy owls and muskox, while you can also casually dine in Tundra Grill where the dining room looks out on the massive polar bear enclosure.

Founded in 1874, the Manitoba Club is Western Canada’s oldest business and social club. Located downtown, its recently restored heritage clubhouse combines historic grandeur with modern comforts. The club offers elegant and technologically advanced meeting and event spaces for up to 450 guests, accommodating business meetings, intimate dinners, client appreciation events, awards receptions and weddings. The Grand Ballroom can host up to 250 guests for a sit-down meal and can be divided into three separate rooms. Event amenities include presentation displays, robotic ceiling cameras, wireless audio and internet capabilities, along with first-class culinary and service teams.

Built in 1911, the Millennium Centre is a heritage building and former Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce building that offers an elegant setting for special events. The Celebration Hall features 6,000 square feet of space, a majestic 52-foot stained glass ceiling dome, and Italian marble walls and floors. The space can accommodate receptions of up to 350 guests or sit-down banquets for up to 300 people. For smaller gatherings, the Tapestry Room can accommodate up to 48 people. The building is just steps from Portage and Main, the city’s most iconic intersection.

Located on the University of Manitoba campus, Princess Auto Stadium is more than a premier sports venue it’s a distinctive setting for meetings, conferences, receptions, dinners and major events. Home to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and University of Manitoba Bisons, the stadium features nearly 33,500 permanent seats and can accommodate more than 40,000 fans. It also features flexible function spaces designed to accommodate a variety of corporate events, from one-day meetings to multi-day conferences. With experience hosting events such as the FIFA Women’s World Cup and 112th Grey Cup, Princess Auto Stadium delivers an unforgettable event experience.

Nestled among oak and pine trees, the Qualico Family Centre offers an enchanting setting for corporate events in Assiniboine Park. Overlooking the Riley Family Duck Pond with views of the park’s largest greenspace via its floor-to-ceiling windows, the venue can accommodate up to 200 guests and features a reception space with full A/V capabilities. The Park Café and Tamarack Room can accommodate 180 guests seated or 200 standing when combined. The venue offers in-house catering for informal staff events and formal dinners, along with tables, chairs, linens, a podium, microphone, projector, screen and sound system.

The Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada is a state-of-the-art facility that showcases the region’s history of flight. See artifacts that shaped and connected this vast region, along with whacky creations that didn’t really take off, like the flying saucer-inspired Avrocar and the very dangerous looking Froebe Helicopter. The flight plan here also includes inspiring stories of pioneering aviators and boarding multiple planes. As an event space, guests can enjoy an intimate cocktail reception in the Observation Lounge overlooking active runways, host a client appreciation event on the hangar floor surrounded by 20 vintage aircraft, or meet and network in private meeting rooms.

The Cube in Old Market Square, located in Winnipeg’s Exchange District, is a state-of-the-art open-air performance stage set against the backdrop of historic warehouses. This award-winning interactive art fixture can serve as both a concert venue and sculptural object, creating a distinctive setting for events and performances. The Cube and Old Market Square host some of Winnipeg’s most popular festivals, including the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival, Soca Reggae Festival and Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition (MEME) Festival.

Located where the Red and Assiniboine Rivers meet, The Forks is the provinces’ top tourism draw, brimming with recreational activities, shops, restaurants, museums, theatres and Indigenous-led greenspaces. The Forks Market itself offers several event spaces, including “The Event Space” on the second floor where refinished hardwoods, exposed brick and beam and a disco ball provide the backdrop for events for up to 300 people. The Market also has pop-up spaces right on the main floor, while amenities include food kiosks from some of the city’s top chefs and The Common, a large bar with 20 unique wines and craft beers by the glass.

Located in Assiniboine Park, The Leaf offers three distinct biomes and several event spaces. Its Tropical Biome is brimming with towering palms and fruiting trees, all bathed in mist from Canada’s tallest indoor waterfall. Beside it, the arid Mediterranean Biome features Wollemi pines, succulents and fragrant herbs, while tucked within is the Display House, which changes quarterly. As an event space, along with accessing the biomes, there’s a large private space and the building’s atrium for mingling, the restaurant Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar, an indoor butterfly garden, along with 30 acres of thematic gardens that surround the building.

Pull back the curtains on this dazzling showpiece that was constructed in 1919. This National Historic Site brings you back to the golden years of the silver screen while still incorporating modern technology. The opulently decorated Met Lounge provides a dignified backdrop to any cocktail reception and The Great Hall can host up to 550 seated guests for award shows, business presentations, fashion shows and more with its stage, massive screen, and loge from which one can make a speech over the crowd. The MET also has a rooftop patio with views of downtown that’s ideal for cocktails and canapes.