True North Sports & Entertainment Limited is pleased to once gain welcome the NHL to MTS Centre for an exhibition game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the newly crowned Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday, September 22. Game time will be 7:30 p.m. >>Full Story
Thursday night, the MTS Centre was Marie Antoinette’s demented court. Thursday night, the arena was a blizzard and a tear-stained path. Thursday night, it was a lonely field guarded only by a moon, a scarecrow and a pair of contortionist nymphs entwined through and around and behind each other.
With a thunderstorm warning, rain and lightning strikes Saturday afternoon, Bon Jovi's concert could have been slippery and wet. Concert organizers were living on prayers throughout the day and they were answered right before the show's 7 p.m. start time. The storm shifted, the weather warnings were called off and the rain stopped.
The Los Angeles prog-metal band is known not only for its intense, heavy material but for the surreal artwork and videos of guitarist Adam Jones that go along with it. Throw in some lasers and a brilliant light show and you've got an arena show as epic as the 10 songs the band showcased during their two-hour extravaganza for a delirious crowd of 8,500 fans at the MTS Centre Sunday.
The British legends returned to Winnipeg Wednesday night for the second time in two years as part of the Final Frontier World Tour. When they were here last it was a blast from the past, a greatest hits set of the 1980s material that made them one of the most beloved bands in metal; this time around it was a heavy dose of the new.
