Canadian Tire Centre
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| Former names | The Palladium (1996) Corel Centre (1996–2006) Scotiabank Place (2006–2013) |
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| Address | 1000 Palladium Drive |
| Location | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Coordinates | 45°17′49″N 75°55′38″W / 45.29694°N 75.92722°WCoordinates: 45°17′49″N 75°55′38″W / 45.29694°N 75.92722°W |
| Owner | Capital Sports Properties (an Ottawa Senators subsidiary) |
| Capacity |
Hockey: 18,694 (20,041 with standing room) Basketball: 20,500 (without standing room) Concerts: 20,041 |
| Field size | 600,000 square feet (56,000 m2) |
| Surface | Multi-surface |
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| Broke ground | July 7, 1994 |
| Opened | January 15, 1996 |
| Expanded | 2005 |
| Construction cost |
C$170 million ($242 million in 2016 dollars) |
| Architect |
Rossetti architects Murray & Murray Architects (associate) |
| Project manager | ZW Group |
| Structural engineer | Carruthers & Wallace Ltd. |
| Services engineer | J. L. Richards & Associated Ltd. |
| General contractor | PCL Constructors/Bellai Brothers Construction Ltd. |
| Main contractors | Eastern Inc. |
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Ottawa Senators (NHL) (1996–present) Ottawa Rebel (NLL) (2001–2002) Ottawa 67's (OHL) (2012–2014) Ottawa SkyHawks (NBL Canada) (2013–2014) |
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Canadian Tire Centre (French: Centre Canadian Tire) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located in the western suburb of Kanata. It opened in January 1996 as The Palladium and was also known as Corel Centre from 1996 to 2006 and Scotiabank Place from 2006 to 2013.
The arena is primarily used for ice hockey, serving as the home arena of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL) since its opening in 1996, and as a temporary home for the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Hockey League during renovations at its arena. The arena is also used regularly for music concerts and has hosted events such as the Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's basketball championship.
As part of its bid to land a NHL franchise for Ottawa, Terrace Corporation unveiled the original proposal for the arena development at a press conference in September 1989. The proposal included a hotel and 20,500 seat arena, named The Palladium on 100 acres (0.40 km2), surrounded by a 500-acre (2.0 km2) mini-city, named "West Terrace". The site itself, 600 acres (2.4 km2) of farmland, on the western border of Kanata, had been acquired in May 1989 by Terrace. The large site had previously been a possible location for a new home for the Central Canada Exhibition, but the Exhibition's option on the property had expired.
The site was farmland and required a rezoning to proceed with construction. The then-City of Kanata supported the rezoning, but the provincial government and some local residents opposed the rezoning, forcing public hearings into the proposal by the Ontario Municipal Board. Rezoning approval was granted by the Board on August 28, 1991, with conditions. The conditions imposed by the board included a scaling down of the arena to 18,500 seats, a moratorium on development outside the initial 100-acre (0.40 km2) arena site, and that the cost of the highway interchange with highway 417 be paid by Terrace. A ground-breaking ceremony was held in June 1992 but actual construction did not start until July 7, 1994.
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