Winnipeg sports

Winnipeg sports fans have plenty of choice, with professional hockey, football, baseball and horseracing.

And there’s more pro and high-performance amateur sports action including university baseball, volleyball, competitive swimming and more sports and Team Canada Women’s Volleyball, our Olympic team program, is based in Winnipeg.

Hockey inukshuk in October

Winnipeg fans keep asking (and hoping, and talking about) the city having an NHL team once again. The late, lamented Jets departed more than a decade ago and ever since, that question has hung in the air. Now it's part of the the local mindset. It’s like asking Is there an afterlife? or Will the Red River flood this spring?

And the Winnipeg response? Well, we’ll just have to wait and see…)

So, who knows, there may (or may not) be drama on the horizon. Meanwhile, what we do get to enjoy in the here-and-now are:

Manitoba Moose

From October to April, Winnipeg sports fans flock to see the AHL Manitoba Moose play Our Game on home ice at MTS Centre Downtown at 300 Portage Ave.

Manitoba Moose game dates and ticket info (opens in a new window).

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

The Canadian Football League Winnipeg Blue Bombers have been to ten Grey Cups in their 75-year history.

They play June through November at Canad Inns Stadium, just north of Polo Park at 1465 Maroons Road.

Winnipeg Goldeyes

The Fish play ball at their grand old stadium, Canwest Park. Just north of The Forks at One Portage Ave. East in The Exchange District.

Winnipeg Goldeyes Game dates and ticket info (opens in a new window).

Assiniboia Downs

Is the live thoroughbred race track. The Season is May to November.

The VLT gaming Lounge and simulcast wagering on televised races from Canada, the U.S. and Australia are open year-round.

Assiniboia Downs is also the place to get one of the city’s best Sunday brunch buffets, with a unique benefit – a stable tour to meet the thoroughbreds is included.

The Downs also has special events and weekend family events.

West of downtown, just off Portage Avenue and just beyond the Perimeter.

Assiniboia Downs race dates and more info (opens in a new window).

Team Canada Volleyball

Team Canada Women’s Volleyball not only makes its home here, offering opportunities to see Canadian and internationally top-ranked volleyball athletes, this is also the training and administration base for indoor women’s national volleyball.

Team Canada hosts elite international competitions in Winnipeg and in Manitoba throughout the year.

Find out where and when to see Team Canada Women's Volleyball (opens in a new window).

University of Manitoba BISONS

For sheer young talent, and perhaps to get a glimpse of the future pro stars, and also for the best sports entertainment deals in town, Winnipeg sports fans have university sports.

During the academic year, you get major entertainment for minor ticket prices, or free, when you cheer on 16 University of Manitoba Bisons teams.

Football, hockey, competitive swimming and other sports, with play most weekends September through March at the University’s Fort Garry campus, just east of Pembina in Fort Garry.

U of M BISONS - who is playing what, and when (opens in a new window).

University of Winnipeg WESMEN

Men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball, September to March, on University of Winnipeg’s downtown campus (on Portage at Memorial) at Duckworth Centre, 400 Spence Street.

Thrilling young players, close to all the downtown hotels, and admission is cheap or free.

U of W WESMEN - Who plays what, and when (opens in a new window).

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