Evraz Place, formerly Regina Exhibition Park, is an 102-acre (0.41 km2) event site in the heart of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. It holds entertainment, agribusiness, sporting, recreational and cultural activities. Evraz Place has over half a million square feet of indoor space and close to one million square feet of outdoor space. It is a registered not-for-profit organisation and receives no subsidy.
A number of venues comprise the event site, among them the Brandt Centre, a 6000-seat concert and sporting facility that has recently been upgraded; the Queensbury Convention Centre, a convention and banquet facility with break-out meeting rooms and salons which seat 1500; and the Credit Union EventPlex, a 95,000-square-foot (8,800 m2) multi-use facility with a regulation-size soccer field which can be quickly converted into tradeshow space.
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