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Rogers Arena is a multi-purpose arena at 800 Griffiths Way in the downtown area of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Opened in 1995, the arena was known as General Motors Place (GM Place) from its opening until July 6, 2010, when General Motors Canada ended its naming rights sponsorship and a new agreement for those rights was reached with ...
As Vancouver executive Arthur Griffiths overspent building General Motors Place, where the NHL's Vancouver Canucks and the upcoming NBA expansion Vancouver Grizzlies would play, in March 1995 he associated with Seattle billionaire John McCaw Jr. - then a co-owner of the Seattle Mariners - to form the Northwest Entertainment Group, which would control both teams and the arena. [2]
Arena Gardens/Mutual Street Arena – Toronto, Ontario; Barton Street Arena – Hamilton, Ontario; Cahill Stadium – Summerside, Prince Edward Island; Chilliwack Coliseum – Chilliwack, British Columbia
The Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver. On November 17, 2004, Aquilini purchased a 50% share in Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment (the owners of both the Canucks franchise and Rogers Arena) from John McCaw, Jr. [citation needed] On November 8, 2006, Aquilini purchased the remaining 50% of the Vancouver Canucks and Rogers Arena.
Rogers Place is a multi-use indoor arena in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Construction started in March 2014, and the building officially opened on September 8, 2016. The arena has a seating capacity of 18,347 as a hockey venue and 20,734 as a concert venue.
After Rogers Communications acquired ownership of CIKR-FM, the arena was officially renamed Rogers K-Rock Centre on August 14, 2013. [5] In 2012, Kingston City Council voted to rename the street on which the arena is located, formerly a part of Barrack Street, to The Tragically Hip Way in honour of Kingston band The Tragically Hip. [6]
Sobeys Stadium is the venue for the National Bank Open presented by Rogers, a professional tournament on the ATP World Tour and WTA circuits, held annually. Beginning 2021, Sobeys Stadium hosts the men's tournament in odd-numbered years and the women's event in even-numbered years, with the other gender's event held in Montreal in those years.
Rogers Video — video rental business (although some stores converted into Rogers Plus outlets) [5] Shomi — video streaming service co-owned with Shaw Communications, shut down in 2016. Yoopa — children's programming