Get up close and personal with the Memorial Cup this weekend.
The Canadian Hockey League championship trophy will pop up at numerous locations and events in downtown B次元官网网址 on Saturday and Sunday.
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鈥淏ut on Saturday, between 1 and 3 p.m., it will make appearances at the outdoor skating rink at Stuart Park, in front of Prospera Place and around the Delta Grand hotel and the Laurel Packinghouse. On Sunday, from 1 to 3:30 p.m., it will be at the free CIBC Skate at Prospera, and all the B次元官网网址 Rockets players will be there, too.鈥
The cup mini-tour is part of creating hype during the run-up to B次元官网网址 hosting the Memorial Cup tournament at Prospera Place, May 22-31. People can have their pictures taken with the cup and find out more about the tournament.
While this is the cupB次元官网网址 first street tour in B次元官网网址, it has been hanging out at Prospera Place since before Christmas.
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鈥淚t flies back east on Monday. The Canadian Hockey League has its own year-long schedule for the cup, so other cities will get a chance to have it before the tournament, too.鈥
B次元官网网址 beat out Kamloops and Lethbridge in October 2018 to be awarded the hosting duties for the 2020 Memorial Cup.
The host cityB次元官网网址 team, in this case the B次元官网网址 Rockets of the Western Hockey League, get an automatic berth in the tournament.
The other three teams for the four-team, round-robin championship are the champs of the Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
The 2020 Memorial Cup B次元官网网址 Host Committee has been working for months, planning not only what will be happening inside Prospera Place, but outside the arena as well.
An entire festival is built around the tournament, which includes a fan zone, likely at Stuart Park, a Hall of Fame display, likely at the Laurel Packinghouse, and a mobile Memorial Cup experience that will travel throughout the Central Okanagan.
Of course, hockey fans who come from across Canada to attend games will also make their own fun by playing tourist in B次元官网网址 and socializing at bars and restaurants before and after games.
The tournament will have a big economic impact on B次元官网网址, including spending on game tickets, hotels, restaurants, transportation, attractions and shopping.
B次元官网网址 will also bask in the national spotlight with Sportsnet televising every game and airing vignettes about the city.
B次元官网网址 being in the Pacific time zone also means games likely will be played in the late afternoon. When B次元官网网址 hosted the tournament in 2004, the standard game time was 4 p.m.
All-games ticket packages are for sale for $625 at .
