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MAJOR RECREATION HUBS IN CALGARY ALBERTA

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1. Brookfield Residential YMCA at Seton

Size & Highlights:

  • The largest YMCA in the world at approximately 330,000 sq ft, this mega-centre includes a 10-lane pool, a surf simulator, three full gymnasiums, and a 200-metre indoor running/walking track.
  • Serves as a vital community hub in Calgary’s southeast, offering diverse fitness and leisure amenities tailored to local needs.

2. Shane Homes YMCA at Rocky Ridge NW

Architecture & Features:

  • The second-largest YMCA globally, covering roughly 284,000 sq ft, and notable for having North America’s largest glue-laminated timber roof .
  • Inside, there’s a 25 m eight-lane pool, theatre, self-service library, wave pool, lazy river, and water slide.
  • Positioned in Calgary’s north west, it serves as a central gathering space for surrounding communities of around 60,000 people.

3. MNP Community & Sport Centre (formerly Repsol or Talisman Centre)

  • Legacy & Function: Opened in 1983, this multi-sport complex was originally built for the Western Canada Summer Games. It houses two Olympic-sized pools, multi-use gyms and studios, and supports both elite and community sports programming .
  • Draws over 1.8 million visitors annually, balancing both high-performance training and public recreation.

4. Southland Leisure Centre & Village Square Leisure Centre.

  • Southland: Equipped with a tropical-themed AquaPlay  water-park featuring wave pool, slides, gyms, arenas, squash and racquetball courts, and more—award-winning and very family-friendly.
  • Village Square: Offers similar amenities, including a water-park, ice rinks, weight room, jungle gym, and gymnasium .

5. Trico Centre for Family Wellness.

  • A neighbourly wellness hub offering a wave-pool with 316 ft indoor water-slide, hot tub, sauna, fitness studios, gymnasium, arenas, multipurpose rooms, child care, day camps, and more family Fun.

6. Other Noteworthy Facilities.

Genesis Centre (NE Calgary):

  • A multi-purpose facility supporting recreation, fitness, and indoor/outdoor soccer, also offering space for community and cultural events alongside social services programming.

Werklund Centre (formerly Arts Commons):

  • Not a sports facility, but the largest performing arts center in Canada, hosting six resident performing arts companies across over 560,000 sq ft in downtown Calgary..

Canada Olympic Park (WinSport):

  • A destination for skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking, zip-lining, and indoor training arenas used year-round including a four-rink ice facility.

WHY CALGARY EXCELS IN RECREATION

Global leaders in scale:

  • Hosting the world’s largest and second-largest YMCA facilities showcases the city's ambition and investment in public wellness .
  • Diverse programming: From family water-parks to elite sports venues, Calgary’s facilities cater to nearly every interest and age group.
  • Cultural inclusion: Infrastructure extends beyond sports to arts and mobility-based leisure (like Werklund Centre and WinSport), reflecting broad community values.
  • Geographic coverage: Southeast, north west, central, and north east—Calgary ensures access across its neighbourhoods.

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Buying a Calgary Home While Selling Your Current one.


Are you in the position where you want to find a new home – but need a buyer for your current home? Fortunately there are a few options for people who are buying one home while selling another:


Buying using financing

If you need the equity in your current home to purchase another home, you will need financing to buy before you sell. Most people with a firm sale on their current home go for a short term bridge loan. Yes, it is a high-interest loan intended to help you fund your down payment and other costs that you will repay when your sale goes through.


Another option is a home equity loan, which creates a lien on your property.  The bank has the right to repossess your home if you can't pay it back. Of course reducing the equity in your home whilst increasing your debt, won't look good on a mortgage application.


Selling with a delay

You have to have your timing right, but the best way to get approved for a mortgage is to have a buyer lined up for your house with a waiver to buy in place. Give yourself a longer possession period, your buyer is already ready to move and won't want to wait for you to find a new place. Buyers may agree to a relatively long closing period, maybe include in the contract, closing time can be reduced subject to agreement by buyer and seller.


Have a contingency plan

You may make the purchase of your new home subject to the sale of your own. This buyers clause is not always acceptable by a seller, especially if the seller has only just listed his property and is seeing a lot of action on it. You'll still be responsible for the deposit, but you'll get it back if the sale falls through. Unfortunately, this isn't a very great deal for the seller, they may be trying to manage the timing on a home purchase as well. With a “subject to the sale of the buyers home” you may have to show that your home is priced competitively to persuade the seller to accept your offer.


If you are going to need to make a home sale and a home purchase at the same time, we will need to go over your options with you.


Contact us today on 403-850-0669.

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