2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Host city | Paradise, Nevada[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arena | Orleans Arena | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates | January 14–17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winner | Team North America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling was held from January 14 to 17 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. This marked the second edition of the Continental Cup to be held outside of Canada. The Continental Cup featured team events, mixed doubles events, and skins competitions, with most points available in the skins competitions. TSN broadcast the event, as it had in previous years.
The total attendance for the event was 62,498, the highest in Cup history (as of 2017). Team North America collected CAD$52,000 winners cheque and CAD$13,000 skins bonus. Team World collected CAD$26,000 losers cheque.[2]