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Varsity Arena
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Varsity Arena
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Varsity Arena
Location in Canada
Address 299 Bloor Street West
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates 43°40′01.5″N79°23′46″W / 43.667083°N 79.39611°W / 43.667083; -79.39611 Coordinates: 43°40′01.5″N79°23′46″W / 43.667083°N 79.39611°W / 43.667083; -79.39611
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Owner University of Toronto
OperatorUniversity of Toronto
Capacity 4,116
Construction
Opened1926
Construction cost$61.7 million
ArchitectProfessor T. R. Loudon
Main contractorsMessers. Pearson and Darling
Tenants
Toronto Varsity Blues (U Sports) (1926present)
Toronto Toros (WHA) (19731974)
Toronto Tornados (CBA) (19831985)
Toronto Planets (RHI) (1993)

Varsity Arena, located at 299 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario [1] is an indoor arena that opened on December 17, 1926, and is primarily home to the ice hockey teams of the University of Toronto, the Varsity Blues. It also hosted the Toronto Toros of the WHA from 1973 to 1974 and the Toronto Planets of the RHI in 1993. It is located beside Varsity Stadium.

One of the first indoor arenas to be built without pillars in the seating area blocking the line of sight, Varsity Arena sat close to 4,800 in double wooden chairs at the time of its construction. It was designed by Professor T. R. Loudon along with architects Messers. Pearson and Darling and had an interior volume of 151,595 cubic metres (5,353,500 cu ft). Originally the floor under the ice surface consisted of iron pipes covered in sand.

The seating capacity was reduced to 4,116 by renovations in 1985–86, which expanded the ice sheet to professional standards and eliminated fire code violations that had been found in 1977. The current gross floor area is 6,560.03 square metres (70,611.6 sq ft). [1]

It is also the home of the University of Toronto Intramural hockey league, which comprises (as of the Winter term of 2006) of 46 men's and eight women's teams of varying skill levels (from recreational to near-varsity calibre) competing in six men's and two women's divisions.

Prior to 2009, the university also used the arena to host examinations.

The first goal in the arena was scored by future NHL player Dave Trottier of the Varsity Grads in a two-period exhibition game against the Varsity Blues on opening night. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 retrieved from http://rrs.osm.utoronto.ca 2007-10-22
  2. "Skating and hockey open U. of T. arena," The Globe and Mail , December 18, 1926, p. 10.