Sam Southern Arena

Winnipeg, MB · Public skating times & prices

A single-sheet arena added in the late 1970s beside Fort Rouge's converted Loblaw's supermarket

Public skating at Sam Southern Arena: the next 7 days

Sunday, October 11

  • · Public Skate · free

Wednesday, October 14

  • · Public Skate · free
Address
625 Osborne St, Winnipeg, MB R3L 2B3
Website
winnipeg.ca
Empty ice sheet at Sam Southern Arena seen from behind the boards, with a rink-side sponsor banner and Canadian flag on the far wall. — Sam Southern Arena
Empty ice sheet at Sam Southern Arena seen from behind the boards, with a rink-side sponsor banner and Canadian flag on the far wall. Photo: City of Winnipeg · Source

Added beside a converted supermarket

Sam Southern Arena sits at 625 Osborne Street in Fort Rouge, on ground that belonged to the Fort Rouge Curling Club until 1956. The building next to it was a Loblaw's supermarket from the mid-1950s until 1976.

In 1977 that large modernist structure was remodelled into the Fort Rouge Leisure Centre, a multifunctional community space funded with help from the City of Winnipeg and the Province of Manitoba. Supergraphics were applied to its formerly plain façade to give it a landmark quality, and not long after the conversion the arena was added to the west of the old supermarket building.

The Fort Rouge branch of the Winnipeg Public Library moved into a contemporary, tiled space at the front of the leisure centre in 1981-82, so the rink shares its re-purposed building with a neighbourhood library. The ice is a single 85-by-200-foot sheet with four change rooms.

Before you head out.

Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.

Admission

Public skating here is free.

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Skating with children

Piggyback skating, including parents carrying children, is not allowed.

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Accessibility

The arena is wheelchair accessible.

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A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.