Markin MacPhail Centre, Winter sports training facility at Canada Olympic Park, Calgary, Canada.
The Markin MacPhail Centre is a sports facility at Canada Olympic Park with multiple ice rinks built to Olympic standards. The complex contains separate training and competition areas designed for ice hockey and other winter sports.
The facility was built after Calgary's 1988 Winter Olympics as a legacy of those games. It was created to centralize training opportunities for Canadian winter athletes and keep the country competitive in Olympic sports.
The centre hosts national and provincial sports organizations that work and train here daily. This concentration of training facilities makes it a working hub for Canadian winter athletes and their coaches.
The location is easily reached through the Olympic Park entrances and offers various facilities across the training grounds. Visitors should plan ahead since training times and public access can vary.
The main rink has a distinctive curved roof with large wooden beams that span the width without interior supports. This roof system was an innovative solution to keep the space more open and flexible for athletes and spectators.
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