Red Deer, Alberta will be the host city of the 2028 Montana’s Brier according to TSN on Tuesday. The event will take place at the Marchant Crane Centrium from February 25 to March 5.
This will be the second time that Red Deer is hosting the Brier. They were the previous host in 1994 when Rick Folk of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan was victorious. Even though Folk was originally from Saskatchewan, he was representing British Columbia at the time. Folk, third Pat Ryan, second Bert Gretzinger and lead Gerry Richard defeated Ontario legend Russ Howard in the final by a score of 8-5. Team Folk then went on to win the 1994 World Men’s Curling Championship. In the gold medal game from Oberstdorf, Germany, Canada beat Sweden’s Jan-Olov Nassen won by a score of 3-2.
The 1994 Brier had Labatt as the primary sponsor. Labatt was the sponsor for the Brier from 1980 to 2000.
Red Deer is one of five Canadian cities set to host a significant curling event over the next two years. The 2027 Montana’s Brier will be in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for the seventh time. The 2027 Scotties Tournament of Hearts will be in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The 2027 World Men’s Curling Championship will be in Saint John, New Brunswick and the 2028 World Women’s World Curling Championship will be in Truro, Nova Scotia.
In the past, Red Deer hosted the 2004 Scotties Tournament of Hearts (won by Colleen Jones of Halifax, Nova Scotia) and the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts (won by Heather Nedohin of Edmonton, Alberta).
