The Best Seats
In The House

If you’ve been following along on our blog, you’ll remember our feature on the custom seating upgrade we completed for Rink A at the Nick Smith Arena. That project was a great example of how our team can turn tight spaces and unique site challenges into comfortable, fully accessible spectator seating.

With that in mind, we’re excited to share that the entire Nick Smith Arena project is now officially complete as we’ve just finished installing the custom bleachers for Rink B. As many of us know, no two arenas are the same and it is those on-site-obstacles, including limited space and strict budget parameters, that are all part of the challenge we love tackling.

Who doesn’t love a good custom job?

Across Canada, municipalities are breathing new life into aging arenas and community centres,either through full upgrades or thoughtful additions. These facilities are the heart of local recreation, and outdated spectator seating just doesn’t cut it anymore.

Here at Sport Systems, we’re proud to partner on these projects, delivering state-of-the-art spectator seating that meets modern demands. Gone are the days of cold concrete risers or worn-out wooden bleachers that should have been retired years ago. Today’s installations must fully comply with the National Building Code (NBC) requirements for spectator seating, prioritizing safety, durability, and inclusivity.

Here at Sport Systems, we're proud to partner with communities across the country to modernize their recreational spaces and First Nation communities are no exception to that statement. These communities, in particular, are increasingly turning to us when upgrading their arenas, gymnasiums, and community centers. These projects breathe new life into vital gathering places, supporting hockey, events, and community connection for generations to come.

We recently completed an exciting upgrade at Constance Lake First Nation's arena that perfectly showcases why custom solutions are essential for older facilities.

When it comes to designing and installing custom bleachers, the market has made it abundantly clear that we have become one of the front-runners in the space. While we certainly do a lot of work in the great outdoors with our outdoor bleachers and stunning grandstands, we’ve long been working indoors as well.

In addition to telescopic bleachers, working inside Canada’s arenas is another area in which we truly flourish. Having been able to work on a number of these exciting and truly Canadian projects over the past few years, we’ve become known as a company that can get bleacher seating done, even in the tightest of spaces.

At a site that was once home to a local hockey rink since the early 1970s, we were brought in to help develop the plan for the future. Located in picturesque North Rustico, PEI, the North Stars Arena had been home to local hockey in the area for years but was in need of improvements considering the building’s outdated infrastructure.

Named one of the best places to live in the United States by Money Magazine in 2008, St. Peters,
Missouri continues to top their list as a wonderful place to live with a reasonable commute to St. Louis.

As what is heralded by many as the crown jewel of St. Peters, we were recently brought in to aid in the design and installation of new arena bleachers for the St. Peters Rec-Plex.

Recently, we headed back to the Waterloo region of Ontario where just last year we aided the University of Waterloo in revamping their Columbia Icefields Centre.  The athletic complex, which opened in early 2014 came to our team when the need for a customized bleacher solution was required for the arena within the multi-use facility.

It was then our team installed a three-row arena bleacher system complete with extended rear decking for standing room viewing, contoured seating with numbering and custom vinyl end curtains complete with the University’s logo.

One of our more recent projects brought us to the Waterloo region in the province of Ontario.  Home to what many refer to as Canada’s high tech capital, it is also home of the University of Waterloo.  Established by a group of business leaders back in 1957, the university has blossomed into a hub of education boasting some of Canada’s leading quantum computing, nanotechnology, engineering and health science students.

It is also home to the Waterloo Warriors, with varsity teams competing in a variety of athletic disciplines such as hockey, baseball, basketball, cheerleading, rugby, football, golf, tennis and other competitive sports.