FirstOntario Centre

at 101 York Blvd, Hamilton , L8R 3L4 Canada

1. Landmark
2. Concert Venue
3. Local Business
4. Sports Venue & Stadium

Description

FirstOntario Centre is a sports and entertainment arena on the corner of Bay Street North and York Boulevard in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The arena, which opened in 1985, has a capacity of up to 19,000.HistoryHamilton was left without a large ice hockey arena with the demolition of the Barton Street Arena in 1977, and even that arena had a relatively small seating capacity by modern standards. FirstOntario Centre was designed with a large capacity in part to lure a National Hockey League expansion franchise. Construction was started in 1983 and was completed two years later at a cost of $33.5 million, with an additional $2.3 million spent on a parking garage. The project was overseen by local Hamiltonian Joseph Pigott. The arena was originally named Copps Coliseum after long-time mayor Victor Copps, the patriarch of a Hamilton political family which includes his daughter, former Member of Parliament of Canada and Member of Provincial Parliament of Ontario Sheila Copps, and wife, Geraldine, who was a long-time councillor.The arena's first scoreboard clock was originally from the Winnipeg Arena, and was purchased for $214,000. The original Day Signs/Naden scoreboard, built in Toronto, was replaced in the mid-1990s by a centre-hung scoreboard with an electronic message centre on each side, which, in return was replaced with the current scoreboard, built in Hamilton by Media Resources and featuring a LED video board on each side.

Company Rating

681 FB users likes FirstOntario Centre, set it to 58 position in Likes Rating for Hamilton, Ontario in Local Business category

Summary

FirstOntario Centre is Hamilton based place and this enity listed in Landmark category. Located at 101 York Blvd ON L8R 3L4. Contact phone number of FirstOntario Centre: 905-546-4000