WFCU Center
| Windsor Family Credit Union Center | |
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| The WFCU Center (October 2008) | |
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| place | 8787 McHugh Street Windsor , Ontario N8S 0A1, Canada
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 19 '9.3 " N , 82 ° 55' 40.2" W |
| owner | City of Windsor |
| operator | City of Windsor Spectra by Comcast Spectacor |
| start of building | January 22, 2007 |
| opening | December 11, 2008 |
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Concrete ice surface parquet |
| costs | 71 million CAD (2008) |
| architect | BBB Architects, Ltd. |
| capacity | 6,500 seats (ice hockey) 7,000 seats (basketball) 6,500 seats (concert, maximum) |
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The WFCU Center (full name: Windsor Family Credit Union Center ) is a multi-purpose hall in the Canadian city of Windsor , province of Ontario . The hall is owned by the city and was u. a. built as the venue for the ice hockey team of the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and replaced the Windsor Arena from 1924 as the home of the Spitfires in 2008 .
history
Construction began with the groundbreaking on January 22, 2007. Around two years later, the multi-purpose arena , which cost 72.1 million CAD , was opened on December 11, 2008. The building bears the sponsorship name of the Windsor Family Credit Union (WFCU), a resident of Windsor credit union . It pays CAD 1.6 million over ten years. The Windsor Spitfires have played their games at the WFCU Center since it opened. The basketball team of the Windsor Express of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC) has also been based in the hall since 2012 .
The hall has 6,500 seats, 632 of which are Platinum Club Premium seats. The 31 private suites are equipped with a total of 434 seats. The restaurant has 123 seats with a view of the interior and two large suites with 30 seats each. There are 1,850 parking spaces for cars and 37 disabled parking spaces around the WFCU Center.
From December 6th to 11th, 2016, the Center will host the World Short Course Championships . A temporary swimming pool was specially installed in the ice arena for this purpose.
Concerts (selection)
In addition to the sporting events, the hall is also used as a concert arena.
- October 27, 2008: Girlicious
- March 17, 2009: Great Big Sea
- April 3, 2009: Skillet , Disciple , Decyfer Down
- April 4, 2010: Metric
- May 19, 2011: Gordon Lightfoot
- September 10, 2011: Elton John
- November 4, 2011: Alan Jackson
- October 3rd, 2012: Neil Young & Crazy Horse , Los Lobos
- December 3, 2012: Theory of a Deadman , Big Wreck
- March 29, 2013: Carrie Underwood
- October 23, 2013: Jeff Dunham
- December 13, 2013: Three Days Grace , Escape the Fate , Ashes of Soma
- November 18, 2014: Steve Miller Band
gallery
The WFCU Center during construction (August 2008)
The WFCU Center with ice rink (September 2014)
The WFCU Center in the evening light (January 2016)
Web links
- wfcu-centre.com: Official website of the WFCU Center (English)
- windsorspitfires.com: The WFCU Center on the site of the Windsor Spitfires (English)
- windsorexpress.ca: Arena Info: WFCU Center (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arena kickoff ends 30 years of waiting ( Memento from November 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ windsorstar.com: Limoges wants to know cost of WFCU Center Article from June 10, 2010 (English)
- ↑ windsorstar.com: It's Official: Windsor International Aquatic and Training Center (With video) Article dated August 8, 2013 (English)
- ↑ windsorspitfires.com: Data on the WFCU Center (English)
- ↑ wfcu-centre.com: FINA World Swimming Championships (25M) (English)
- ↑ stadionwelt.de: Swimming World Cup in an ice hockey arena Article from December 6, 2016
- ↑ setlist.fm: concert list of the WFCU Center (English)