North Bay Memorial Gardens

North Bay Memorial Gardens
	North Bay Memorial Gardens Location within Ontario North Bay Memorial Gardens Location within Canada
Location	100 Chippewa Street West; North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	46°18′51.07″N79°26′56.30″W / 46.3141861°N 79.4489722°W
Owner	City of North Bay
Operator	City of North Bay
Capacity	Ice Hockey: 4,262
Surface	Multi-surface
Construction
Broke ground	1954
Opened	November 14, 1955
Renovated	2013
Construction cost	$714,000; ($34.1 million in 2021 dollars)
Tenants
	North Bay Centennials (OHL) (1982-2002) ; North Bay Trappers (NOJHL) (2002-2014); Nipissing Lakers (OUA) (2009-present); North Bay Battalion (OHL) (2013-present)

Last updated April 13, 2024

The North Bay Memorial Gardens is an arena located in North Bay, Ontario. It was built in 1955 and has a capacity of 4,246. The Gardens hosted the North Bay Centennials ice hockey team from 1982 to 2002, before they moved to Saginaw, Michigan. The arena's primary tenants today are the North Bay Battalion of the OHL and the Nipissing Lakers men's and women's ice hockey team of the OUA.

In 2007 Memorial Gardens played host to the Atlanta Thrashers and New York Islanders for a pre-season game after the city of North Bay was crowned as Hockeyville. The City and the Committee that brought Hockeyville to North Bay used the prize money to put up a new electronic rink sign.

The arena underwent a $12 million renovation for the new OHL franchise, the North Bay Battalion's arrival for the 2013–2014 season, also signing a 15-year lease with the arena. As part of the renovations, the seating capacity was increased, the ice surface was reconfigured to new OHL standards, 10 private boxes were added as well as a new 2-level team dressing room. The renovations were first $600,000 over budget even though promises were made to cut the renovations if it went over the $12 million mark by local government who ended up making special funds out of reserve to pay the cost overruns. Six weeks later a further $4.5 million was announced as spent on the project without the knowledge of local government from city taxpayers accounts, with an audit being called that later revealed little paper work and no communication of costs were done on the city's largest municipal project.

It hosted the 2013 World Ringette Championships as well as the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship.

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1 2 "Arena's Cost Will Be Under $714,000 Goal". North Bay Nugget . November 14, 1955. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
↑ 1688 to 1923: Geloso, Vincent, A Price Index for Canada, 1688 to 1850 (December 6, 2016). Afterwards, Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada tables 18-10-0005-01 (formerly CANSIM 326-0021) "Consumer Price Index, annual average, not seasonally adjusted". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021. and table 18-10-0004-13 "Consumer Price Index by product group, monthly, percentage change, not seasonally adjusted, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

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[opening-1] 1 2 "Arena's Cost Will Be Under $714,000 Goal". North Bay Nugget . November 14, 1955. Retrieved October 17, 2013.

[inflation-CA-2] 1688 to 1923: Geloso, Vincent, A Price Index for Canada, 1688 to 1850 (December 6, 2016). Afterwards, Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada tables 18-10-0005-01 (formerly CANSIM 326-0021) "Consumer Price Index, annual average, not seasonally adjusted". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021. and table 18-10-0004-13 "Consumer Price Index by product group, monthly, percentage change, not seasonally adjusted, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

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v t e Current arenas in the Ontario Hockey League
Eastern Conference	Brantford Civic Centre (Brantford) Meridian Centre (St. Catharines) North Bay Memorial Gardens (North Bay) Paramount Fine Foods Centre (Mississauga) Peterborough Memorial Centre (Peterborough) Sadlon Arena (Barrie) Slush Puppie Place (Kingston) Sudbury Community Arena (Sudbury) TD Place Arena (Ottawa) Tribute Communities Centre (Oshawa)
Western Conference	Budweiser Gardens (London) Dort Financial Center (Flint, MI) Dow Event Center (Saginaw, MI) Erie Insurance Arena (Erie, PA) GFL Memorial Gardens (Sault Ste. Marie) Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre (Owen Sound) Kitchener Memorial Auditorium (Kitchener) Progressive Auto Sales Arena (Sarnia) Sleeman Centre (Guelph) WFCU Centre (Windsor)
All arenas are in Ontario unless otherwise noted.

Construction
North Bay Memorial Gardens Location within Ontario Show map of Ontario North Bay Memorial Gardens Location within Canada Show map of Canada
Location	100 Chippewa Street West North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	46°18′51.07″N79°26′56.30″W / 46.3141861°N 79.4489722°W / 46.3141861; -79.4489722
Owner	City of North Bay
Operator	City of North Bay
Capacity	Ice Hockey: 4,262
Surface	Multi-surface
Broke ground	1954
Opened	November 14, 1955^[1]
Renovated	2013
Construction cost	$714,000^[1] ($34.1 million in 2021 dollars^[2])
Tenants
North Bay Centennials (OHL) (1982-2002) North Bay Trappers (NOJHL) (2002-2014) Nipissing Lakers (OUA) (2009-present) North Bay Battalion (OHL) (2013-present)