Coronation Park Sports and Recreation Centre (2024)

EDMONTON’S NEW RECREATION CENTER WILL FEATURE 60,000 SQUARE FEET OF MPP.
Source: Clark Builders

Project Owner: City of Edmonton
Project Location: 13808 111 Ave NW Edmonton, AB, CANADA T5M 2P2
Completion Date: January 1, 2026
Architect/Designer: Faulknerbrwns (Dub Architects), Hughes Condon Marler (Architects)
Mass Timber Engineer/Manufacturer: CutMyTimber, METSÄ
General Contractor: Clark Builders

INSIDE CORONATION CENTRE
Source: Clark Builders

A MASSIVE STATE-OF-THE-ART sports facility in Edmonton, Alberta, will showcase 60,000 square feet of exposed Mass Plywood Panels (MPP) in its roof and walls, forming the largest installation of MPP in Canada to date.

The panels shipped for the Coronation Park Sports and Recreation Centre measure 4 feet wide by 43 feet long with a thickness of 2 inches. Freres Engineered Wood and another mass timber fabricator, CutMyTimber, equipped this facility and paved the way for the use of more sustainable mass timber products in Canada.

The facility will serve as a recreation hub for the community, and it will create opportunities for year-round triathlon and cycling training and events. Design plans include a fitness center, walking/jogging track, gymnasiums, multipurpose rooms, and more.

In addition, the facility will feature the third Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)-sanctioned indoor cycling track, also known as a velodrome, in all of North America. With seating capacity for 750 spectators, the new velodrome will provide ample space to host international cycling competitions as well as serve as a high-performance training resource. The Argyll Velodrome Association and World Triathlon Edmonton partnered to help design and fund this new track.

The award-winning Peter Hemingway Fitness and Leisure Centre—an aquatic center undergoing rehabilitation—will be connected to Coronation Park, and it’s set to reopen when the latter is complete.

The project was officially approved in 2021 after a decade of planning. Construction started in the spring of 2022, and crews installed the first MPP in early 2023. The anticipated completion date for this project is 2026.