For the second year in a row the CN Centre has been nominated for a prestigious Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Award, “Major Facility of the Year” (under 8,000 seats). 

 

“This nomination is a tremendous recognition”, says Glen Mikkelsen, Event and Marketing Coordinator.  “2008 was perhaps the busiest year of entertainment at the CN Centre.  With acts like Big ‘n Rich, Avril Lavigne, The Beach Boys, and The Backstreet Boys, we hosted people from around the world.  It is very exciting to have the music industry respect and acknowledge our staff’s commitment to service.” 

 

The winner will be announced at a sold out gala in Toronto, Thursday March 12, hosted by the well known singer Lawrence Gowan. Other nominees are: Brandt Centre, Regina; Crystal Centre, Grande Prairie; Enmax Centre, Lethbridge; Essar Centre, Sault St. Marie; K-Rock Centre, Kingston; Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto; Save-On Foods Centre, Victoria.

 

CN Centre & Community Arenas Manager Andy Beesley said “this nomination for the second year in a row is a direct reflection on the world class expertise of our staff, with their tremendous abilities to not only transform the CN Centre into a wide variety of settings, but also the way they work with the promoters and acts in a manner that gets rave reviews”. Beesley also notes that “the great thing about this nomination is that we don’t even have any idea who has nominated us, but it’s obvious that the professionals out there think very highly of Prince George and this wonderful facility and staff we have here”.