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09 Toronto Raptors. . . . .Air Canada Centre . . . . . 1999 . .19,800 tickets google link directions location build cost operators naming rights (picture) The Air Canada Centre is an arena at 40 Bay Street, in downtown Toronto, Ontario. It is owned by Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment Ltd., and is 665,000 square feet (62,000 mē) in size. It is the official home of the NBA's Toronto Raptors, the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs, and the NLL's Toronto Rock. It was also home to the Toronto Phantoms of the Arena Football League during their brief existence. It is sometimes known as "The Hangar" due to the corporate sponsor of the arena. Location 40 Bay Street Toronto, Ontario M5J-2N8 Broke Ground March 12, 1997 Opened February 19, 1999 Owner Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Construction Cost C$265 million Architect PCL Constructors Western, Inc. Its opening NHL game was vs. the Montreal Canadiens on February 20, 1999; its opening NBA game was vs. the Vancouver Grizzlies on February 21, 1999. Maple Leaf Gardens is an indoor arena in Toronto, Ontario, on the northwest corner of Carlton Street and Church Street. One of the temples of ice hockey, it was home to the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1931-1999. It was also home to the Toronto Toros of the WHA from 1974-1976, the Toronto Marlboros of the OHL (junior hockey), and the Toronto Huskies in their single season in the NBA. The Toronto Raptors played a handful of games at the arena each from 1995-1999 (mostly when SkyDome was unavailable), and the Buffalo Braves played a few home games each year at the arena as well. The Leafs did not initially intend to leave the arena when the Air Canada Centre was under construction. Indeed, the ACC was initially intended to be built for basketball only, and it had to be retrofitted before it ever opened when the Leafs acquired the Toronto Raptors and the decision was made not to maintain two arenas. Maple Leaf Gardens has been mostly dormant since the ACC opened up, though it has hosted a few ice hockey and indoor lacrosse matches. Plans were hatched in 2003 to convert the arena into a city market, but these had to be dropped when it became known that such a plan would require removing the seating - which was found to be what was holding the roof up -------------------- << Jazz Raptors Knicks >> Back to Arenas list © 2001, 2005 H o o p s C o r n e r . c o m, All rights reserved Terms Of Service Privacy policy Contact |
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