Hershey Center
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| Address | 5500/5600 Rose Cherry Place |
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| Location | Mississauga, Ontario |
| Coordinates | 43°37′56″N 79°39′13″W / 43.6323°N 79.6535°WCoordinates: 43°37′56″N 79°39′13″W / 43.6323°N 79.6535°W |
| Owner | City of Mississauga |
| Operator | City of Mississauga |
| Capacity |
Basketball 5,400 Hockey: 5,612 (5,420 seated) Concerts: 7,000 |
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| Broke ground | January 1998 |
| Opened | October 12, 1998 |
| Construction cost |
C$22 million ($30.9 million in 2016 dollars) |
| Architect | Parkin/Zawadzki & Armin Stevens Architects, A Joint Venture |
| Services engineer | The Mitchell Partnership |
| General contractor | PCL Constructors Canada Inc. |
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Canada World Kabaddi Cup (1998–2012) Mississauga IceDogs (OHL) (1998–2007) Toronto ThunderHawks (NPSL) (2000–2001) Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (OHL) (2007–2012) Toronto Croatia (CSL) (2007–2010) Mississauga Eagles FC (CSL) (2011–present) Toronto Triumph (LFL Canada) (2012) Mississauga Steelheads (2012–present) Mississauga Power (NBL) (2013–2015) 2015 Pan American Games 2015 Parapan American Games Raptors 905 (NBA G League) (2015–present) Toronto franchise (MASL) (beginning 2018) |
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The Hershey Centre is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment complex located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The complex will be renamed to the Paramount Centre as of July 1, 2018 following a new naming rights agreement with Paramount Fine Foods.
The Hershey Centre is the home arena of the Mississauga Steelheads of the Ontario Hockey League and home court of the Raptors 905 of the NBA G League.
It previously housed the Mississauga IceDogs (hockey) from 1998 to 2007, the Mississauga Power (basketball) from 2011 to 2015, and the Toronto ThunderHawks during the 2000-2001 National Professional Soccer League season. It has also been the venue for numerous musical acts, including The Tragically Hip, Green Day, The White Stripes and Hatebreed.
First opened in 1998, the Hershey Centre is located on Rose Cherry Place, named after the late wife of Don Cherry, founder and former owner of the IceDogs. It is located beside highway 403. The closest major intersection is Kennedy Road and Matheson Boulevard East. In 2007, a new multi-sport facility called Hershey SportZone opened just to the north of the main bowl. SportZone houses a full-size indoor soccer field, a full size FIBA basketball court, a gymnastics facility, and two outdoor soccer fields.
Along with being the home of Mississauga's OHL teams since its opening, the Hershey Centre has hosted several hockey events.
In the year 2000 the Hershey Centre hosted the OHL All-Star Classic as well as the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship.
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