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Scotiabank Arena indoor entrance; the left side is the escalators for a new Path network connection to the CIBC Square office complex. The Air Canada Centre was renamed Scotiabank Arena on July 1, 2018. The landmark 20-year sponsorship agreement between Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and Scotiabank is worth about C$800 million. This is ...
The Raptors have played their home games at Scotiabank Arena (formerly the Air Canada Centre) since 1999. The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Raptors are the only Canadian-based ...
The Raptors moved to Scotiabank Arena (then known as Air Canada Centre) in 1999. During the 1999 NBA draft, believing that the Raptors still lacked a strong frontcourt presence, Grunwald traded first-round draft pick Jonathan Bender for a power forward, Antonio Davis of the Indiana Pacers. Davis quickly entered the Raptors starting line-up and ...
The following is a list of indoor arenas in Canada with a capacity of at least 1,000 for sporting events. The arenas in the table are ranked by capacity; the arenas with the highest capacities are listed first.
A letter from Steve Stavro welcoming fans to the first Leafs home game at Air Canada Centre (later renamed Scotiabank Arena), February 1999. In the 1999–2000 season, the Leafs hosted the 50th NHL All-Star Game. [109] By the end of the season, they recorded their first 100-point season and won their first division title in 37 years. [110]
Scotiabank Arena is an indoor arena that hosts the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Toronto Raptors. BMO Field in 2010, prior to renovations. The outdoor stadium hosts the Toronto Argonauts and Toronto FC. Rogers Centre is a retractable roof stadium that hosts the Toronto Blue Jays. The city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has a long history of sport.
Besides baseball, Rogers Centre was the original home of the National Basketball Association's Toronto Raptors, who played at the venue from November 1995 to February 1999, while the Air Canada Centre (later renamed Scotiabank Arena) was being planned and built. It proved to be somewhat problematic as a basketball venue, even considering it was ...
The team had trained on a practice court located within the Air Canada Centre (now the Scotiabank Arena) since its opening in 1999, and a new facility would allow this space to be repurposed into a restaurant or nightclub. [7] [8] MLSE proposed to build the facility on parking lot lands in the west end of City-owned Exhibition Place.