Located in the Canada Games Park in Thorold, the Walker Sports and Abilities Centre consists of two NHL-sized ice rinks (one seating approximately 1200, the other about 200), a Sport Performance Centre (6,000 square feet), the Brock-Niagara Health & Well-Being Centre (10,000 square feet), a suspended 200-meter indoor track, sport offices (8,000 square feet), and a multipurpose fieldhouse featuring four (4) gymnasiums that can be configured into a centre court, containing approximately 700 telescoping permanent seats, and are all designed to be accessible for parasport. Six competition beach volleyball courts, a cycling pavilion, storage facilities for outdoor sport equipment, and a 400-meter track-and-field facility are located outside of the Walker Sports and Abilities Centre.
The $102.7-million project is jointly funded by the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario and the Canada Games Park Consortium partners:
- Niagara Region
- City of Thorold
- City of St. Catharines and
- Brock University
The ice rinks are named Algoma Central and GFL Environmental and they can be booked here.
