Scotiabank Arena

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Scotiabank Arena, formerly known as Air Canada Centre, is a sports arena in Toronto, Ontario. The arena opened in February 1999 as Air Canada Centre (ACC), and is the current home to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL), the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the former home of the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League (NLL).[1] It holds 19,800 seats for basketball and 18,819 for hockey. The arena has also been the host of many concerts and WWE events over the years.

When the arena was sponsored by Air Canada, it was nicknamed the ACC and the Hangar. The new nickname of "The Vault" was in use shortly after the new sponsorship was announced.[2][3]

In August 2017, as the arena's sponsorship contract with Air Canada was nearing its end, MLSE announced that it had made a new deal with Scotiabank that took effect and Air Canada Centre was renamed as Scotiabank Arena on July 1, 2018. The current deal runs for 20 years and is worth C$800 million.[4][5]

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References

  1. mhancock (2021-05-11). "Rock Relocate Home Games To Hamilton". Toronto Rock. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  2. "20 most popular sports locations on Instagram". SBNation.com. https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2017/6/29/15655908/20-most-popular-sports-locations-instagram-hit-that-like. Retrieved September 8, 2017. 
  3. "Don't call it 'The Vault': The business behind Toronto's Scotiabank Arena". BNN (Bell Media). August 30, 2017. http://www.bnn.ca/don-t-call-it-the-vault-the-dollars-and-cents-behind-toronto-s-scotiabank-arena-rebrand-1.843175. Retrieved September 8, 2017. 
  4. Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (August 29, 2017). "Home of the Maple Leafs and Raptors to Become Scotiabank Arena Next Summer". Press release. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180701111634/https://mlse.com/news/scotiabankarena/. Retrieved May 10, 2018. 
  5. Westhead, Rick (August 29, 2017). MLSE agrees to record arena rights deal with Scotiabank. https://www.tsn.ca/talent/mlse-agrees-to-record-arena-rights-deal-with-scotiabank-1.842133. Retrieved May 10, 2018. 

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