Came here for company's softball tournament. Very big place. Lots of field and they are all in good shape. You can use the washroom inside the centre and lots of parking space. read more

CAA Centre - Stadiums & Arenas Near Me - Brampton, Ontario

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Went here for boxing. Nice ample parking. Ordered from the concession stand. $8 for poutine and $4 for bottled water. Fries had a nice serving of shredded cheese and not too much gravy. It was a bit too salty. read more

A great arena that - perhaps unfairly - is getting a little long in the tooth. The CAA Centre is the de facto hockey arena for Brampton, handling events and hockey games for a number of minor and major teams, including the Brampton Beast, the "farm team" for the Montreal Canadiens. As many times as I've been in the area, it's few and far between that I get out to attend a game - but I picked a great opportunity to get back there. I visited the arena to attend (and cover) the inaugural Hockey Night in Brampton fundraiser, which saw an all-star team of past and present NHL players play alongside councillors and other community advocates to raise funds for the William Osler Health Foundation. I was extremely fortunate to be able to cover the event, as one of only a handful of media outlets that confirmed their attendance. Doing so gave me a unique opportunity to explore the arena at my leisure and see both the good and the bad of the centre. After checking in and getting a pass for the event, I had a good half-hour to wander around the place. The first thing I noticed was the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame, which is located right beside the main entrance - you can't miss it. While I still prefer the presentation of the Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame's exhibits, they are located so far out of the way in the Iceland complex as to be near-invisible. This display in the CAA Centre nicely captured the sports heroes of yore. My pass afforded me access to a media scrum at rinkside, and it was a good chance to check out the state of the facility. In short - it's seen better days. Despite the apparent best efforts of the cleaning crew, the seats and rinkside have plenty of stains, scuffs and damage from years past. The scrum itself was at least interesting, with NHL stars Sean Monahan and (newly-signed Maple Leaf) Jason Spezza doing pressers, along with famed Leafs great Doug Gilmour making an appearance. I ended up taking a freight elevator accessed through the loading dock up to the suites level - the weakest part of the experience. I was extremely disappointed with the layout and maintenance of the suites, especially given that this was where my seating was located. Not only did the hallways look extremely dated, but the press box was laughably untouched. When I say untouched, I mean, no one had used it in such a long time that there was a thick layer of dust covering the "desk" surface. A fellow sports reporter and I had great fun writing out our names in the dust, and had to tell fellow camera crews sitting in the area to watch their arms - are you telling me no one used this area in months? The game itself was very fun, if extremely unlike other exhibition games. Envision the Mayor of Brampton, Patrick Brown, running rings around players like Gilmour, Shayne Corson and Spezza and scoring half the goals in the game, while other players skated so slowly that it was like some kind of freakish half-time kids' team match. Not to mention that one side was taking it extremely seriously - Brown's team had muthatruckin' Malcolm Subban making one-handed saves while the opposite side had a goalie from the Mississauga Steelheads - trying his best, but no cigar. Regardless, it was an extremely successful event (I understand over $400k was raised for Brampton hospitals) and the arena was the most packed I've seen it in months. If it inspires more people to visit for games, all the better. I just wish they'd spruce up the facility a little more and hold more marquee events like this. read more

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Very welcoming arena. I appreciated the layout, design. Enjoyed the opportunity to play on spectator, 5000 seater. Nice restaurant, bar upstairs. read more

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This here is a Professional Sports area for Brampton and the home of local hockey team Brampton Beasts. The venue is not bad and good for local events but I think its under utilised and could be used for many other thinks and make more people come to Brampton. There is plenty of parking; you enter from one side and leave from the other, so it could be tricky at times. If you want a reasonable and fun outing, check out a Beast game on the location. read more

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Can't complain for having this as the main, local hockey venue. There is naturally the main rink which would fix approx 4k spectators. Naturally, there is no such thing as a bad seat. I was able to enjoy the private box experience, and no complaints there. If you're in the box, you don't even have to go anywhere as you can order there and have the food brought to you. On the subject of food, the only place you'll find passable food is from the bar/kitchen upstairs - which also serves the boxes. There is concession stand downstairs, but it's basically old-school - and not really in the good sense since it's old Pizza Pizza slices and what looks like fairly generic burgers and hot dogs. There's also 3 other rinks there for conventional use. The venue is probably under-utilized as the Beast (the local team) could do with some more support and though there are a few posters of past shows, they were all from a few years back. With Brampton having the Rose theatre, not to mention that there's almost countless venues in the GTA, it's hard to find the need to host a concert here. Maybe it's a show that would guarantee a few hundred more ticket sales, but also not need that much more than that too. Still, there's something to be said about the value of having a quality arena to host a fairly decent level of hockey, and at a good price. The 'Beast' experience is actually quite a bit of fun, but I'll leave those details for that review. read more

Three "everyday" pad and one "pro" pad good for may 3000-3500 spectators. The home of OHL Brampton Batalion and JrB Brampton Bombers. Also: - Summer leagues - Camps - Clinics - Local leagues - "Beer" leagues - etc, etc, etc. The ice is hardly ever vacant. There's a small cath downstairs and a restaurant upstairs. The schedule for both is somewhat unpredictable. Sometimes you can catch a big concert here too. Outside: - several baseball diamonds (at least four or five) - a coule of road hockey boxes (if it's warm and not reaining and it's a weekend, those are never vacant). Getting there is a bit of a pain because there is no highway ramp on Kennedy. You need to get there by either using Steeles or Derry and then used Kenndy Rd to get to the arena. Beware of the regular speed trap if you are approaching the rink from the North (Steeles). read more

CAA Centre - Stadiums & Arenas Near Me - Brampton, Ontario

Brampton Beasts Hockey game was incredible. Bramptonians are really into the game, lots of loud screams of encouragement for our home team. Tonights game was star wars themed, my son loved saying hi to the starwars stormtroopers. All the staff were really friendly, the beer was cold and the popcorn was warm. Overall a really enjoyable family outing. I definitely recommend taking your kids to watch the brampton beasts. read more

CAA Centre - Star wars themed hockey night with brampton beasts - Stadiums & Arenas Near Me - Brampton, Ontario

SO EFFING FAR FROM TORONTO! I trekked nearly 2 hours in snow over maybe 3 diff transportation authorities (TO's, Brampton's, some others...) Poutine there SUCKED! No, I take that back More like: 1st bite: um, good? 2nd bite: hm... kinda good. 3rd bite: mm, this is GOOD! 4th bite: hm. kinda salty. 5th bite: meh. this sucks. *throws in trash* Got me a churro con dulce de leche from one of the latin vendors selling empanadas, arroz, etc. Wait a sec... this is CANADA. Wtf is going... Oh. One of the biggest bachateros in the world are playing in an hour. Almost forgot. Was sooo close to sneaking backstage. Would've if I didn't want to be deported before I got to make out with my Romeo. Sooo nassty ;) Instead, snuck from nearly the worst seats available to the BEST (1st section, 5th row, stage left!!) at the insistence of this awesome Seating lady. Afterall, was there anyone else out of the thousands who traveled over 11 hours to see Aventura?? Didn't think so. Took amazing photos (check my profile and the ones here), got a drumstick at shows end, told Henry that I came 12 hrs to see them, and that "quiro un beso para mi cupleanos!"--I want a birthday kiss, and he blew me one, to which I yelled, "No! Para (from) Romeo!" Romeo = sexy lead singer who ALWAYS brings girls up on stage to kiss...except *that* show. :( :( :( Wasn't sure how to get back so late so good thing I made friends there who drove me back to my doorstep in Toronto...and for free! (that's a $70 cab ride btw) Thanks Powerade for having Aventura during my trip! I wouldn't have seen them otherwise as it was the day before the very last show date! I hear Daddy Yankee is next?! :D read more

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Four rinks here. Good size. Plenty of parking. Kids say the ice quality isnt that gr8. Food at upstairs bar is pretty good! Beer selection mediocre but being from the states, I'm spoiled by good beer.Easy to get to. Ive been at a lot worse rinks and a few better. Good facility overall! read more

This review is for the professional sports arena side of the Powerade Centre. Have been here a couple of times and will likely be here a few more times over the course of the next year plus for Brampton Beast Hockey games. The parking situation is a tad tricky as you'll need to enter from one side and exit another, but once you've got it figured out it actually makes for a smooth flowing transition. That said there is only one way in or out so if one of those is backed up good luck - you might be sitting for awhile. An observation I made when visiting recently is that it has some areas/amenities of a professional sports complex and other of a standard community arena that we all would have grown up playing hockey in as kids. I'll give myself an ol'clap on the back because that's exactly what The Powerade Centre is - part pro-hockey arena and part (3 parts technically) community arena. The concession stands are nothing to write home to mamma about, I went looking for a snack in the second period and all that was available was dried old slices of pizza pizza. Thank goodness for the restaurant upstairs, good menu, full line up of Molson beers and a great view of the action in all arenas. Definitely a A-OK sports arena overall and totally worth checking out read more

There is 4 rinks well maintained, lots of hockey voting on they have a great bar/ restaurant with excellent food the wings are the best, and very friendly staff read more

CAA Centre - Stadiums & Arenas Near Me - Brampton, Ontario

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Powerade Centre has been host to a number of local hockey games for me and my family. I have also gone on two school field trips there. While a stadium is in some senses just a stadium, I find the staff to be helpful (on the rare times I need them!) and the layout makes perfect sense. The seat sections are very well-labelled and I never feel lost there like I have at other stadiums. The environment is reasonably clean--even the bathrooms--and when a venue hosts a crowd, that in and of itself is worthy of praise! The main thing is that -- if you are driving in -- the getting in and out part can be a little bit of a pain because of bottle-necking and the fact that you go in one part and out another. Still, it works and I haven't felt lost before. read more

They do not sell milk anywhere on the facility(we asked at every stand) and refuse for people to bring milk or breastmilk in for there infant children to a game. They are promoting a family friendly facility and yet the entire third period half my family was stuck outside because they refused my infant son his milk. Amanda, who refused to let my infant son and husband back into the facility with the milk stated that it was there policy to not let any outside food in. It wasn't like I was trying to bring in popcorn and soda or any other the other junk they sell, just milk. If this is indeed the policy of this faculty then they should definitely re-examine it and adjust immediately. It's one thing they had it available for sale, but if you don't you should at least allow people the option to feed their babies. read more

First time visit to the Centre to see the Collegiate Nationals for Cheer Leading. Our visit was limited to the RINK whose entrance was Kennedy. I talked to some of the participants, they liked the facilities. The event was well organized. Kudos all round to the organizers. We are glad we came to witness the exuberance and enthusiasm of our Canadian collegiate youth. Downers: Signed entrance to the facility leads you to a full and barricaded parking lot. Now we know better not to go in there. NO FOOD ALLOWED INTO CENTRE? I can see why that is so. However, there should be NO FRANCHISE or whatever allowed in the RINK to sell RUBBISH FOOD at extortionate prices. This is 2018, we're supposed to eat well. Noted that Ticketmaster controls the issue of tickets. Well, we all know we're getting ripped off by that monopolistic supplier, or do we? read more

For 2 years in a row, The Meeting House" chose the Powerade Center as our venue for ONE ROOF where members from different sites are gathered together for a family reunion. Worship music was played. Inspiring messages were shared. Great food was served in the parking lot and best of all...... AN UNREAL DANCE PARTY hosted by DJ Brux!! It is siiiick!!! And that makes me a fan of this venue.... Not the venue itself but the memories and friends made there!! read more

Great place to see a sporting event... arena food. read more

CAA Centre - Stadiums & Arenas Near Me - Brampton, Ontario

The restaurant is horrible , way over price tasted like trash and the service was horrible .

Last week we attended a sold out performance of A R Rahman, the two time Oscar winning musician. Although the performance was worth the high price, the facilities were deplorable. The concrete floor under the seats were covered with a sticky stuff about a quater inch thick. Foul smell from the floor and dust are not healthy for especially people with allergies, as I later found out. My friends and i will not be going there any more. read more