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The shopping centre was opened to the public in 1960 as the Thorncliffe Market Place in the town of Leaside. Before 1954 the area was the northeast corner of racetrack and grassy area south of where the stables of the old Thorncliffe Park Raceway were. It began with two anchors, Sayvette [2] and Steinberg's. [2]
Thorncliffe Stable is a defunct Thoroughbred and Standardbred horse racing and breeding operation established in 1888 in Toronto, Ontario by businessman Robert T. Davies. The stable was based at Davies' Thorn Cliff Farm in the Don River Valley in what is now known as Thorncliffe Park .
True North Sports and Entertainment was founded in 2001 by Manitoba Moose co-owner Mark Chipman and several local investors. Their goal was to build a new entertainment and sports venue in downtown Winnipeg to help revive the city's downtown area and possibly one day bring an NHL franchise back to Winnipeg following the departure of the original Winnipeg Jets franchise to Phoenix, Arizona in 1996.
Polo Park (corporately styled as CF Polo Park) is a shopping centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is situated on the former Polo Park Racetrack near the junction of Portage Avenue and St. James Street. Its grounds also includes a Scotiabank Theatre (formerly SilverCity), a TD Canada Trust, a Party City, and an Earl’s.
James Speers acquired land to build what would become Assiniboia Downs and granted an option on the Polo Park lands to real estate developers who wished to build a shopping centre on the site. Speers died in July 1955 and Polo Park Racetrack closed at the end of the 1956 racing season. The new mall opened in 1959. Winnipeg did not have a racing ...
Now named Metropolitan Entertainment Centre, [2] it houses a restaurant, lounge, and special event facilities, and has a 35-by-26-foot (10.7 by 7.9 m) screen. [ 17 ] [ 1 ] [ 18 ] These are used for concerts, fundraising events, film screenings , and gala dinners. [ 9 ]
There are a variety of Italian businesses in the Little Italy/Corydon Village neighbourhood, including small cafes, Mediterranean restaurants, ice cream/gelato parlours, beauty salons, and offices. Also there are a variety of small and medium-sized apartments and condominium buildings both on Corydon Avenue and nearby streets.
Prior to the centre's opening, cultural events and displays in Winnipeg were held at the Winnipeg Auditorium (now the Manitoba Archives).. The Manitoba Centennial Corporation was established by Premier Duff Roblin, who, along with Minister Maitland B. Steinkopf, formed the concept of a Centennial Centre in 1960 to commemorate the centenary of Canada (1867) and of Manitoba (1870) as well as ...