HISTORYThe Burton Cummings Community Centre is one of the most vibrant community centres in Winnipeg. It’s located at 960 Arlington Street in the West End. As a community centre, it has a colourful history. The original name of the centre was West End Memorial Community Centre. It was established just after the Second World War (1947). The property and original log house (which still stands on the property to this day) was donated to the City of Winnipeg for the community centre by a wealthy Winnipeg family.The original West End Memorial Community Centre had a rich legacy of sports and community events. It supported many hockey teams and players over the years. However by the late 1980s, the old centre was falling apart, so a neighbourhood group chaired by Derek Dabee assisted the city to rebuild the bigger multipurpose centre in 1990. Funding for the construction of the building were provided by all three levels of government. With the new building came the task of establishing a new name for the club. During the 1960’s many of Winnipeg’s rock’n roll legends performed at the centre. The most famous and frequent of these were the Guess Who. The lead singer of that band was of course the equally famous Burton Cummings. This gives a big hint to where the new name for the centre came from! On July 1st, 1991 (Canada Day), the centre was officially renamed Burton Cummings Community Centre. On that day Burton Cummings was present and performed at a free outdoor concert at the centre. The following year he donated a large photograph of himself wearing the Winnipeg Jets jersey. Also in 1991 the hockey team sported their new jersey with the “Rockman” logo. Since the opening of the new centre BCCC has been recognized for it’s many successful programs in sports including hockey, basketball, soccer, baseball, cricket, tennis, as well as recreation, seniors, youth and culture programs.
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