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Hershey Centre

Hershey Centre
Hershey Centre - Interior.JPG
Address 5500 Rose Cherry Place
Location Mississauga, Ontario
Coordinates 43°37′56″N 79°39′13″W / 43.6323°N 79.6535°W / 43.6323; -79.6535Coordinates: 43°37′56″N 79°39′13″W / 43.6323°N 79.6535°W / 43.6323; -79.6535
Owner City of Mississauga
Operator City of Mississauga
Capacity Basketball 5,400
Hockey: 5,612 (5,420 seated)
Concerts: 7,000
Construction
Broke ground January 1998
Opened October 12, 1998
Construction cost $22 million
($30.6 million in 2017 dollars)
Architect Parkin/Zawadzki & Armin Stevens Architects, A Joint Venture
Services engineer The Mitchell Partnership
General contractor PCL Constructors Canada Inc.
Tenants
Canada World Kabaddi Cup (1998–2012)
Mississauga IceDogs (OHL) (1998–2007)
Toronto ThunderHawks (NPSL) (2000–2001)
Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) (2007–present)
Toronto Croatia (CSL) (2007–2010)
Mississauga Eagles FC (CSL) (2011–present)
Toronto Triumph (LFL Canada) (2012)
Mississauga Power (NBL) (2013–2015)
2015 Pan American Games
2015 Parapan American Games
Raptors 905 (NBA D-League) (2015–present)
Website
Official website

The Hershey Centre is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment complex located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

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 Development 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.

The OHL Championship Series for the J. Ross Robertson Cup has twice been held at the facility in 2004 and 2011.


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