Walter Baker Sports Centre
An arena in Nepean, Ontario. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.
- Opened
- 1980
- 46 years old
- From YOW
- 9 km (5.6 mi)
- Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
- From the centre
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi)
- of Nepean
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
The building
It sits in Nepean, 6.9 km (4.3 mi) from the centre of Nepean.
Walter Baker Sports Centre was opened in 1980 and operated by Ottawa, which puts it at 46 years old.
Neither a capacity nor a floor area is published for Walter Baker Sports Centre in any open source, so the numbers on this page describe where it is and what it is, not how many it holds. The venue will quote you directly.
- Operator
- Ottawa
- Owner
- Ottawa
- Coordinates
- 45.2806, -75.7619
- Classified as
- arena
Access and arrival
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) is 9 km (5.6 mi) out, a standard transfer of twenty to forty minutes outside rush hour.
At 6.9 km (4.3 mi) from the centre of Nepean, plan on transport between the hotels and the venue as a line in the budget rather than an afterthought.
Nepean has 7 venues mapped in total and a population of 180,000. The Nepean guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
The kind of event it takes
Think of it as one room in a bigger plan: a training day, a members' evening, a committee that needs to be in the same place. It is 5th of 7 venues mapped in Nepean.
- award ceremonies
A stage, a bowl of seats and a control room already in place.
- company all-hands
One room, everybody in it, nobody watching on a screen in an overflow space.
The app bill, at this size
Suppose 240 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Walter Baker Sports Centre event a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Nepean. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.
- activated attendees
- 240activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 190billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at CA$7 each
- CA$1,330for the whole event, at CA$7 each
You are billed for people, not for the room, so this figure does not change if you move the event down the road. event67 has no floor-plan or booking product — the venue handles the space, the app handles the people in it.
Other rooms in Nepean
One other venue in Nepean has enough published detail for its own guide.
- Nepean Sportsplexarena
Where these numbers come from
event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.
- Wikidata, CC0
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved 3 September 2026. 6 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: year opened, operator, owner, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance, photograph on Wikimedia Commons.
Last updated
What it costs
- Free up to 50
- activated attendees, on one live event
- CA$7
- per activated attendee beyond 50
- CA$6,650
- the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000
Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Questions people actually ask
What is the capacity of Walter Baker Sports Centre?
Not published. Neither a seated capacity nor a floor area for Walter Baker Sports Centre appears in any of the open sources behind this page, so quoting one would be a guess. The venue will give you the figure; ask for seated, theatre and reception separately.
What does an event app cost for an event at Walter Baker Sports Centre?
240 activated attendees means 190 billable after the free 50, so CA$1,330 for the event. That example is a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Nepean. The rate is CA$7 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at CA$6,650 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Is event67 affiliated with Walter Baker Sports Centre?
No. event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data — OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and public census sources — and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.
What else is nearby if Walter Baker Sports Centre is booked?
Nepean Sportsplex is in the same city and have their own pages here. 7 venues in total are mapped in Nepean.
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Running an event at Walter Baker Sports Centre?
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