From vision to reality: The complete timeline behind the Southeast Event Centre – SteinbachOnline.com [Video]

On again, off again and now… open. This is the ongoing story of a potential multiplex, new arena or performing arts centre in Steinbach that has finally come to be known as the Southeast Events Centre.

We have followed all city council resolutions, motions and voting as well as budgets, planning and construction. Here’s a chronological look at how we got to where we are today.

December 2009

Mayor Chris Goertzen suggests that the blocks east of the T.G. Smith Arena could be eventually used for a recreational site. The City of Steinbach had been purchasing properties along that stretch of Elmdale Drive for nearly 15 years at this point. 

2010

Steinbach Mayor Chris Goertzen tasks a group of local business and community-minded people to research the topic of a multiplex. The Southeast Multiplex Committee, chaired by Paul Neustaedter, took a regional approach towards bringing all the components together to one facility; including wellness and health, convention space, hotel, …