Editing Red Deer, Alberta (section)

== Sports ==
The [[Red Deer Rebels]] of the [[Western Hockey League]] play at the [[Peavey Mart Centrium]]. Red Deer hosted the [[2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup]] and co-hosted the [[2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup]].<ref> Red Deer also co-hosted the COVID-interrupted [[2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]], later completed in Edmonton, and the [[1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]].</ref> The Rebels hosted the [[2016 Memorial Cup]]. Red Deer replaced Edmonton as host of the [[Canadian Finals Rodeo]] from 2018 to 2023.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/cfr-red-deer-canadian-finals-rodeo-1.4490604|title=It's official: Red Deer will host the CFR for 10 years|work=CBC News|access-date=2018-06-01|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Canadian Finals Rodeo is returning to Edmonton in 2024 |url=https://www.rogersplace.com/canadian-finals-rodeo-october-2-5-2024/ |website=Rogers Place eNews |publisher=Edmonton Arena Corp. |access-date=14 September 2024 |date=25 October 2023}}</ref>

Red Deer hosted the [[2019 Canada Winter Games]], leaving the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rdpolytech.ca/sport-recreation-and-wellness/facilities/gary-w-harris-canada-games-centre |title=Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre, Red Deer Polytechnic, May 7, 2022 |access-date=May 7, 2022 |archive-date=June 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630033823/https://rdpolytech.ca/sport-recreation-and-wellness/facilities/gary-w-harris-canada-games-centre |url-status=dead }}</ref> at [[Red Deer Polytechnic]] and the Downtown [[Servus Arena]] as legacy facilities.

The city is the hometown to numerous [[Canada at the Olympics|Olympic]] and [[NHL]] athletes. ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' personality [[Ron MacLean]] calls Red Deer home.