Kal Tire Place
Kal Tire Place offers skating, ringette, and hockey.
Don't leave without...
- Skating
- Ringette
- Hockey
Overview
Kal Tire Place is an NHL and international sized arena with seating for 3,003 and standing room for approximately 500. It provides skating, ringette, and hockey opportunities and serves as the home of the Vernon Vipers and visiting teams of the BCHL. The facility also hosts Junior and Senior Lacrosse games and tournaments when the ice is removed. It can accommodate various events such as concerts, dances, and rodeos.
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Quick Facts
- Type
- arena
- Coordinates
- 50.2752, -119.2780
Good to know
- Hours & season
Sunday: 8:00 am-4:00 pm; Monday - Thursday: 8:00 am-8:00 pm; Friday - Saturday: 8:00 am-4:00 pm as of Oct 11, 2026
Construction hours — 110,000
- Getting there & parking
Parking capacity — 680 vehicles
Event Tractor Trailer & Bus Parking — available with show power
- Facilities
- Parking
- Designated disabled parking
- Elevator
- Disabled seating
- In-house listening device system
Public washrooms — 48
- Accessibility
Wheelchair accessible.
More details
- Seating capacity
- 3,003
- Standing room capacity
- approximately 500
- Exhibition space
- 1,904 m2 (20,500 sq ft) of column free space
- Display booths capacity
- up to 154 display booths
- Construction approved funding
- $15 million
- Most people at the site in one day
- 90
- Construction time
- 14 months
- Total amount of concrete
- 2,880 m 3
- Footprint of building
- 5,900 m 2
- Building area, both floors
- 82,000 m 2
- Upper level area
- 2,644 m 2
- Dressing rooms
- seven
- Standard NHL ice dimensions
- 61 m (200 ft) × 26 m (85 ft)
- International ice dimensions
- 61 m (200 ft) × 30.5 m (100 ft)
- Ice thickness
- 3.17 cm (1.25 in)
- Ice weight
- 63,503 kg (140,000 lbs)
- Most skaters on ice at once
- 189
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