Park Place (Ontario)
 |
|
| Location | Barrie, Ontario, Highway 400 exit 90 |
|---|---|
| Opening date | 2008 |
| Developer | North American Acquisition Inc |
| No. of stores and services | 42 |
| Website | parkplacebarrie |
Coordinates: 44°20′43″N 79°40′54″W / 44.34535°N 79.68156°W
Park Place (formerly Molsons Park) is a shopping centre located in the south end of Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The land operated as a brewery from 1967-1999, and as a high-capacity outdoor concert venue from 1987-2005. As a music venue, Molsons Park saw acts like Rage Against the Machine, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Nofx, and Oasis.
From 2002-2004, the abandoned brewery operated as the largest illegal marijuana grow-operation in Canadian history.
The current shopping centre includes a Best Buy, LA Fitness, Marshall's, and a Bed, Bath & Beyond.
In 1967, the Formosa Spring Brewery reached its bottling capacity in its Formosa, Ontario location, and began looking to expand. The 597 acre farmland was annexed from Innisfil by the City of Barrie to establish the new brewery, still under the Formosa name. In 1974, Molson's purchased the land and brewery, creating a parkland, baseball diamond, and adding a drive-through beer store for cottagers driving on Highway 400.
...
Wikipedia