Fort Erie / Niagara City Overview
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The City of Fort Erie, with a population of almost 40,000 is a preferred place to live. With a booming hi-tech industrial base, it has made significant strides in its commercial activity, and is acknowledged to be both a transportation and communication hub. It is known for its tourism, hospitality industry, cultural and recreational attractions.

Completed in July, 1996, the Fort Erie Leisureplex is a futuristic, multi-purpose facility consisting of two year-round ice surfaces, spacious dressing rooms, banquet hall, sports store, arcade, restaurant, pub, coin laundry facilities and all the latest amenities, services and technology necessary to complement any sporting event or group function. The Leisureplex is specifically designed to accommodate tournaments, hockey schools, pro and junior training camps, figure skating competitions, trade shows and conventions, sporting events, concerts and more.

The Leisureplex is part of the Town's new Municipal Centre which also includes a Central Park, a new modern Town Hall, a new, modern, fully equipped YMCA and on-site Holiday Inn hotel. All this only 15 minutes from Niagara Falls and an easy 5 minutes across the Niagara River from Buffalo, New York. The city also has an arena at the Crystal Ridge Arena facility.

Fort Erie / Niagara Ontario has great opportunities for sport tournaments of all kinds. Sport tourism is a part of Fort Erie / Niagara Ontario and it features a wide variety of sport tournament opportunities.