Lethbridge celebrates the 50th anniversary of VisitLethbridge.com Arena [Video]

As part of anniversary celebrations, the City of Lethbridge is inviting the community to see VisitLethbridge.com Arena like they never have before.

Tours will be offered to show guests parts of the arena not normally open to the public and to showcase its history.

“We will actually be going through the concourse area down into the back spaces, the dressing room areas where we’ve had the artists stay, where the hockey teams play, where we use those facilities for a number of things,” said Becky Little, VisitLethbridge.com Arena sponsorship and sales manager.

“We’ll go behind the back party deck, we’ll talk about the Zamboni. Get a chance to see that up close and personal.”

The venue was opened in September of 1974 and was originally called the Canada Games Sportsplex.

It was built to host the 1975 Canada Games.

At the time, it only cost $4.25 million to build.

Since then, it’s had several renovations and upgrades to turn …