Each year, the municipality offers a wide variety of indoor and outdoor recreational facilities for rent to both individuals and organizations. Individuals will be able to rent spaces in facilities through online booking.
How Do I Complete a Last-Minute Rental?
Log in to your MyREC account or create an account using the button below. Once you're logged in, you can browse facilities available for online booking.
| Assets | Viewable* | Bookable** | Last Possible Booking*** |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | Viewable* | Bookable** | Last Possible Booking*** |
| Arenas | 2 Months | 30 Days | 3 Days |
| All Weather Fields | 2 Months | 30 Days | 7 Days |
| Ball Diamonds | 2 Months | 30 Days | 3 Days |
| Courts | 60 Days | 30 Days | 1 Day |
| Sport Fields | 2 Months | 30 Days | 3 Days |
| Meeting Rooms**** | Coming soon | ||
| Gymnasiums | Coming soon |
*Viewable - How far in advance a bookable space can be viewed online.
**Bookable - How far in advance a space can be rented.
***Last Possible Booking - Lead time required for a space can be rented.
i.e., at 3 p.m. you can book a 4 p.m. timeslot for courts or if today is Monday, a gymnasium rental can be made for Friday.
****Meeting Rooms Includes - Program rooms, activity rooms, boardrooms, multipurpose rooms, dance studios
Facilities Available for Last-Minute Rentals
- Arenas
- Greenfoot Energy Centre
- Lebrun Arena
- RBC Centre
- Sackville Sports Stadium
- St Margaret's Centre
- Zatzman Sportsplex
- All-Weather Fields
- Ball Diamonds
- Sports Fields
- Gymnasiums (Excluding Halifax Regional Centre for Education) - Coming Soon
- Bedford Hammonds Plains Community Centre (Bedford/Hammonds Plains)
- Chocolate Lake Community Centre (Halifax)
- Citadel Community Centre (Halifax)
- Findlay Community Centre (Dartmouth)
- George Dixon Community Centre (Halifax)
- Gordon R Snow Community Centre (Fall River)
- Horizon Recreation Centre (Eastern Passage)
- Needham Community Centre (Halifax)
- North Preston Community Centre (North Preston)
- Sackville Sports Stadium (Sackville)
- St. Andrew's Community Centre (Halifax)
- Meeting Rooms - Coming Soon
Bedford / Hammonds Plains
- View the rooms available for rent at the Bedford Hammonds Plains Community Centre.
- View the rooms available for rent at the LeBrun Community Centre.
Beechville / Lakeside / Timberlea
Dartmouth
Eastern Passage
Fall River
Halifax
- View the rooms available for rent at the Chocolate Lake Community Centre.
- View the rooms available for rent at the George Dixon Community Centre.
- View the room available for rent at the Isleville Centre.
- View the rooms available for rent at the Needham Community Centre.
- View the rooms available for rent at the St. Andrew's Community Centre.
Sackville
Spryfield
Last Minute Rentals FAQ
- How Do I Book a Rental?
- Which spaces will be available to rent and what is a "last-minute rental"?
Booking requests are submitted through an application process at the beginning of each rental season. For more information on the rental application process, click here. Last-minute rentals are online rentals that will be offered after all the allocations for seasonal contracts have been completed. Any time available for rent after seasonal contracts have been determined is considered available for a last-minute rental.
- What are the hours of operation of bookable facilities?
Rec Centres and Meeting Rooms
For more details on the facilities hours of operations please visit Recreation Centres in Your Community and click on the name of the facility that you are looking for more details on.
Arenas
Arenas are generally available 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. (midnight)
For a detailed list of Arenas, please visit Arena Listings rental information, and view the Full List of HRM Arenas. For all other Arenas, please contact the number listed for more information.
Ball Diamonds
Ball Diamonds with lights are generally available 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Diamonds without lights are available 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
For a detailed list of Diamonds, please visit Ball Diamonds rental information, and select the Classification List at the bottom of the page.
Sports Fields
Sports Fields are generally available 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
For a detailed list of Sport Fields, please visit Sport Fields rental information, and select the Classification List at the bottom of the page.
- When can I book a last-minute rental?
Last-minute rentals for participating facilities will display any available time within the below timeframes. Prior to the proposed booking date, please contact the facility by phone within the below timeframes:
- Arenas -30 days from the current date.
- All Weather Fields - 30 days from the current date.
- Ball Diamonds - 30 days from the current date.
- Courts - 30 days from the current date.
- Sport Fields -30 days from the current date.
- Gymnasiums - TBD coming soon.
- Meeting Rooms - TBD coming soon.
- Can Corporate Users Reserve Last Minute Rental Bookings?
No. Last minute rentals are reserved for individual and not-for profit organizations/groups. Corporate rentals are required to pay corporate rates and book rentals through their Facility Scheduling Office. Click here for more information.
- Last-Minute Rental Rules/Conditions:
- Last-minute rentals are final and are non-refundable.
- Last-minute rentals are booked on a first come, first served basis.
- Last-minute rentals cannot be used to replace regular bookings.
- The municipality reserves the right to limit last-minute rentals where it is considered to be used for profit or gain, or is being abused to replace regular contract bookings.
- All terms & conditions of a standard rental contract apply to last-minute rentals. Rental contract terms & conditions can be found for each facility below.
- The municipality reserves the right to cancel or amend the implementation of last-minute rentals at any time at its discretion. If a booking is cancelled by your municipal recreation facility, a credit for the booking will be added to the client’s account.
- Last minute rentals are reserved for individuals and not-for profit organizations/groups. Corporate rentals are required to pay corporate rates and book rentals through the Facility Scheduling Office.
Last-Minute Rental Terms and Conditions
