Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex

Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex

Sun Life Financial Arena
Former names	Waterloo Recreation Complex
Address	101 Father David Bauer Drive Waterloo, Ontario
Coordinates	43°27′52″N80°31′56″W / 43.46444°N 80.53222°W / 43.46444; -80.53222
Owner	City Of Waterloo
Operator	City Of Waterloo
Capacity	4,400 - Hockey
Field size	Ice Hockey(98.4 ft × 197 ft)
Construction
Opened	1993
Construction cost	$17.6 million [1]
Architect	Parkin Architects Limited [1]
Tenants
Waterloo Siskins (GOJHL),1993-Present Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks hockey,1993-Present Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks Major Series Lacrosse, 2003-2016
Website
www.waterloo.ca/en/things-to-do/waterloo-memorial-recreation-complex.aspx

The Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex is a recreation facility in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Father David Bauer Drive, west of Uptown. The complex contains the Sun Life Financial Arena, a 4,132-seat multi-purpose arena that is home to the Waterloo Siskins and the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks hockey teams, the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks Major Series Lacrosse team, and the Swimplex, a 30m pool that was the city's first municipally owned indoor pool.

Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex.

Construction of the $21 million facility began in December 1991 and the Rec Complex opened in September 1993. The facility was described as the "largest and most expensive project in the city's history". ^[2]

While under construction, the site was selected for the 1994 Scott Tournament of Hearts, a Canadian women's curling championship. ^[3] It was called the Waterloo Recreation Complex until May 2002, when Memorial was added after the city closed the Waterloo Memorial Arena. ^[4]

The building honours the 69 Waterloo residents killed in the two world wars.

References

1. "Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex - Parkin Architects Limited". Parkin Architects Limited. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
2. McLaughlin, Kenneth; Jaeger, Sharon (2007). Waterloo: An Illustrated History, 1857–2007. Waterloo: City of Waterloo. p. 193. ISBN   978-0-9691175-1-3.
3. McLaughlin, Kenneth; Jaeger, Sharon (2007). Waterloo: An Illustrated History, 1857–2007. Waterloo: City of Waterloo. p. 194. ISBN   978-0-9691175-1-3.
4. "Where in the world is Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold?". Waterloo Region Record. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.