Scotiabank Place is a multi-purpose arena, located in Kanata, a district of Ottawa, Ontario. It is home to the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. It also hosts the Canadian University Men's Basketball Championship (CIS). Opened as The Palladium in January 1996, it was known as the Corel Centre from February 1996 until February 2006. Besides ice hockey, the arena holds other events, such as rock concerts, figure skating shows and other...
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Scotiabank Place is a multi-purpose arena, located in Kanata, a district of Ottawa, Ontario. It is home to the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. It also hosts the Canadian University Men's Basketball Championship (CIS). Opened as The Palladium in January 1996, it was known as the Corel Centre from February 1996 until February 2006. Besides ice hockey, the arena holds other events, such as rock concerts, figure skating shows and other entertainment. It is also home to the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame, several restaurants, a fitness complex and several businesses. Including standing room, the arena has a capacity of 20,500 for sports events.
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 km), surrounded by a 500-acre (2.0 km) mini-city, named "West Terrace." The...
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