Mile One Center

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Mile One Center
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The entrance area of ​​the Mile One Center with its old name (September 2004)
The entrance area of ​​the Mile One Center with its old name (September 2004)
Earlier names

Mile One Stadium

Data
place 50 New Gower Street St. John’s , Newfoundland and Labrador A1C 1J3, Canada
CanadaCanada
Coordinates 47 ° 33 '36.1 "  N , 52 ° 42' 47.5"  W Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '36.1 "  N , 52 ° 42' 47.5"  W.
owner City of St. John's
operator St. John's Sports and Entertainment
start of building October 1998
opening May 24, 2001
surface Parquet
ice surface
costs CAD 20.5 million
architect PBK Architects, Inc.
capacity 6,287 places (ice hockey)
6,750 places (basketball)
7,000 places (concerts)
Societies)
Events

The Mile One Center is a multi-purpose arena in the Canadian city ​​of St. John’s , Newfoundland and Labrador Province . The hall holds up to 7,000 spectators and is currently the home arena of the Newfoundland Growlers in the ECHL . The arena was opened in May 2001 under the name Mile One Stadium, which replaced the old Memorial Stadium . The name Mile One is derived from the fact that the arena is right at the beginning of the Trans-Canada Highway , which runs through the whole country.

Events

ice Hockey

The first ice hockey team in the Mile One Center was the St. John's Maple Leafs , the farm team of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the American Hockey League , which played their home games there between 2001 and 2005. In February 2002 the AHL All-Star Game also took place in the arena. After the team moved to Toronto, St. John's received a new franchise in the same year through an expansion of the junior league Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . It played its home games at the Mile One Center between 2005 and 2008 before moving to Montreal .

Since 2011, the Mile Once Center has again been the home of a professional ice hockey team. After the Canadian Winnipeg received an NHL team again, the local AHL team, the Manitoba Moose , was relocated to St. John's. They played there until 2015 as St. John's IceCaps , with the name being continued in the same form by another franchise immediately after returning to Winnipeg . However, this left the city already after two years, before the newly founded Newfoundland Growlers from the ECHL took over their place in 2018 .

In amateur ice hockey, the stadium is the venue for the Herder Memorial Trophy , which is awarded annually to the best amateur team in Newfoundland and Labrador Province .

During the 2010/11 season the arena was used as a venue for the 4 Nations Cup 2010 and the Telus Cup 2011.

Other sporting events

In 2005, the Mile One Center hosted the Tournament of Hearts , the Canadian women's curling championship.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) hosted a friendly game between the Toronto Raptors and the Cleveland Cavaliers at the arena prior to the 2003-04 season . Shortly before the start of the game, however, the coaches of the two teams complained about the wet floor and the unusually high temperature. This had caused part of the ice surface to evaporate , so that the basketball field was unplayable due to condensation . The game was then canceled.

Juno Awards

The Juno Awards , a Canadian music award, were presented at the arena in April 2002 and 2010.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Raptors vs. Cavaliers game called due to wet floor , Associated Press via ESPN .com, October 23, 2003