Hershey Centre

Hershey Centre
Construction

Location	5500 Rose Cherry Place Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 4B6 Canada
Coordinates	43°37′56″N 79°39′13″W / 43.6323°N 79.6535°W / 43.6323; -79.6535Coordinates: 43°37′56″N 79°39′13″W / 43.6323°N 79.6535°W / 43.6323; -79.6535
Owner	City of Mississauga
Operator	SMG
Capacity	Basketball 5,400 Hockey: 5,612 (5,420 seated) Concerts: 7,000
Surface	Multi-surface
Broke ground	January 1998
Opened	October 12, 1998^[1]
Construction cost	$22 million ($30.6 million in 2016 dollars^[2])
Architect	Parkin/Zawadzki & Armin Stevens Architects, A Joint Venture^[3]
Services engineer	The Mitchell Partnership
General contractor	PCL Constructors Canada Inc.^[3]
Tenants
Canada World Kabaddi Cup (1998–2012) Mississauga IceDogs (OHL) (1998–2007) Toronto ThunderHawks (NPSL) (2000–2001) Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) (2007–present) Toronto Croatia (CSL) (2007–2010) Mississauga Eagles FC (CSL) (2011–present) Toronto Triumph (LFL Canada) (2012) Mississauga Power (NBL) (2013–2015) 2015 Pan American Games 2015 Parapan American Games Raptors 905 (NBA D-League) (2015–present)
Website
Official website

The Hershey Centre is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment complex located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

History

The Hershey Centre is the home arena of the Mississauga Steelheads of the Ontario Hockey League and home court of the Raptors 905 of the NBA Development League.

It previously housed the Mississauga IceDogs (hockey) from 1998 to 2007, the Mississauga Power (basketball) from 2011 to 2015, and the Toronto ThunderHawks during the 2000-2001 National Professional Soccer League season. It has also been the venue for numerous musical acts, including The Tragically Hip, Green Day, The White Stripes and Hatebreed.

First opened in 1998, the Hershey Centre is located on Rose Cherry Place, named after the late wife of Don Cherry, founder and former owner of the IceDogs. It is located beside highway 403. The closest major intersection is Kennedy Road and Matheson Boulevard East.

In 2007, a new multi-sport facility called Hershey SportZone opened just to the north of the main bowl. SportZone houses a full-size indoor soccer field, a full size FIBA basketball court, a gymnastics facility, and two outdoor soccer fields.

Major Events

Hockey

Along with being the home of Mississauga's OHL teams since its opening, the Hershey Centre has hosted several hockey events.

In the year 2000 the Hershey Centre hosted the OHL All-Star Classic as well as the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship.

The OHL Championship Series for the J. Ross Robertson Cup has twice been held at the facility in 2004 and 2011.

In May 2011 the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors hosted the 2011 MasterCard Memorial Cup. The Saint John Sea Dogs defeated Mississauga in the Final 3-1.

Basketball

The National Basketball League of Canada announced that the Oshawa Power would relocate to Mississauga and play as the Mississauga Power at the Hershey Centre starting in the 2013-14 season.^[4]

The Toronto Raptors announced that beginning in the 2015–16 season, they will have a team in the NBA Development League in Mississauga and play as the Raptors 905 at the Hershey Centre.^[5]

Figure skating

The arena has hosted the Skate Canada International figure skating competition, part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series in 2000, 2003 and 2011.

It hosted the Canadian Figure Skating Championships for the first time in 2013.

2015 Pan and Parapan American Games

Entrance to the Hershey Centre during the 2015 Pan American Games

During the 2015 Pan American Games the Centre hosted the four combative sports of judo, karate, taekwondo and wrestling. During that time the centre was temporarily renamed the Mississauga Sports Centre due to naming rights.^[6] The venue also hosted the parapan sports of goalball, powerlifting and it also featured the debut of wheelchair rugby.^[7]

Other events

The NARCh (North American Roller Hockey Championships) Finals were held at Hershey Centre in July 2006, 2009 and 2013.

The arena also featured the only Extreme Championship Wrestling show in Canada before the promotion's demise in 2001.

The Hershey Centre was also the venue for the inaugural Heritage Cup, an international indoor lacrosse tournament.

It was the host venue of the 2009 World Cup of Curling.

A funeral for a fallen Peel Regional Police officer, constable James Ochakovsky who was killed in the line of duty following a deadly car crash in Brampton on March 1, 2010, took place at the Hershey Centre on March 9, 2010. Thousands of police officers from various police forces across Canada including Toronto Police, Peel Regional Police, Ontario Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police attended the funeral.^[8]

For many years now, the arena has also hosted an international highschool robotics competition called FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) held by the non-profit organization called FIRST Robotics Canada.

Hershey Field

The grounds of the Hershey Centre are also home to outdoor field facilities, known as Hershey Field or Hershey Park. The field is currently home to the Sigma FC of League1 Ontario and the North Mississauga Soccer Club's Centre of Excellence training program and League 1 Team.

References

↑ "Toronto Today". Toronto Star. October 12, 1998. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
↑ Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada. "Consumer Price Index, historical summary". CANSIM, table (for fee) 326-0021 and Catalogue nos. 62-001-X, 62-010-X and 62-557-X. And Consumer Price Index, by province (monthly) (Canada) Last modified 2016-01-22. Retrieved March 2, 2016
1 2 http://canada.pcl.com/projects/Archived/0900265/index.aspx
↑ "Power Basketball Relocates To Mississauga". NBL Canada. April 26, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
↑ http://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/2015/06/24/raptors-to-announce-d-league-team-will-play-in-mississauga-this-season.html
↑ City gets Pan-Am karate and wrestling
↑ Three Parapan Am Games events coming to Hershey Centre in 2015
↑ Thousands attend funeral for Peel officer CTV.ca, published on March 9, 2010,

External links

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Official Site

Venues of the 2015 Pan American Games

New venues	Centennial Park Pan Am BMX Centre Pan Am and Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields CIBC Pan Am / Parapan Am Athletics Stadium

Existing venues	Canadian Tennis Centre Exhibition Centre Exhibition Stadium Ontario Place West Channel Pan Am Bowling Centre Royal Canadian Yacht Club Ryerson Athletic Centre Toronto Coliseum Varsity Stadium

Temporary venues	Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre Sugar Beach

Venues outside Toronto	Atos Markham Pan Am / Parapan Am Centre Pan Am Ball Park Angus Glen Golf Club Caledon Equestrian Park CIBC Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Cisco Milton Pan Am / Parapan Am Velodrome Hardwood Mountain Bike Park Mississauga Sports Centre Minden Wild Water Preserve Oshawa Sports Centre Will O' Wind Farm Pan Am Shooting Centre Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course Welland International Flatwater Centre

Non-competition venues	Pan Am Ceremonies Venue Main Media Centre Athlete's Village

Category

Venues of the 2015 Parapan American Games

New venues	CIBC Pan Am / Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields CIBC Pan Am / Parapan Am Athletics Stadium University of Toronto Scarborough Tennis Centre

Existing venues	Ontario Place West Channel Ryerson Athletic Centre Varsity Stadium

Venues outside Toronto	Abilities Centre Atos Markham Pan Am / Parapan Am Centre Cisco Milton Pan Am / Parapan Am Velodrome Mississauga Sports Centre

Non-competition venues	Main Media Centre Nathan Phillips Square Athlete's Village

Category

Current arenas in the Ontario Hockey League¹

Eastern Conference	Barrie Molson Centre (Barrie) FirstOntario Centre (Hamilton) General Motors Centre (Oshawa) Hershey Centre (Mississauga) Meridian Centre (St. Catharines) North Bay Memorial Gardens (North Bay) Peterborough Memorial Centre (Peterborough) Rogers K-Rock Centre (Kingston) Sudbury Community Arena (Sudbury) TD Place Arena (Ottawa)

Western Conference	Budweiser Gardens (London) Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center (Flint, MI) Dow Event Center (Saginaw, MI) Essar Centre (Sault Ste. Marie) Erie Insurance Arena (Erie, PA) Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre (Owen Sound) Kitchener Memorial Auditorium (Kitchener) Sarnia Sports & Entertainment Centre (Sarnia) Sleeman Centre (Guelph) WFCU Centre (Windsor)

¹All arenas are in Ontario unless otherwise noted.

Current arenas in the NBA Development League

Atlantic Division	Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, DE) Canton Memorial Civic Center (Canton, OH) Erie Insurance Arena (Erie, PA) Hershey Centre (Mississauga, ON) Portland Exposition Building (Portland, ME) Westchester County Center (White Plains, NY)

Central Division	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (Fort Wayne, IN) DeltaPlex Arena (Walker, MI) Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD) Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines, IA)

Southwest Division	Cedar Park Center (Cedar Park, TX) Cox Convention Center (Oklahoma City, OK) Dr Pepper Arena (Frisco, TX) State Farm Arena (Hidalgo, TX)

West Division	Dignity Health Event Center (Bakersfield, CA) Kaiser Permanente Arena (Santa Cruz, CA) Lifetime Activities Center-Bruin Arena (Salt Lake City, UT) Reno Events Center (Reno, NV) Toyota Sports Center (El Segundo, CA)

2016–17 expansion	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Brooklyn, NY - to be used when arena renovations are complete) Greensboro Coliseum Pavilion (Greensboro, NC) Sears Centre Arena (Hoffman Estates, IL)

Venues of the Legends Football League

Eastern Conference	Arena at Gwinnett Center Royal Farms Arena Huntington Center Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Ralston Arena

Western Conference	Citizens Business Bank Arena Orleans Arena ShoWare Center Sears Centre UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena

LFL Canada	Abbotsford Centre Brandt Centre SaskTel Centre Stampede Corral

LFL Australia	AAMI Park nib Stadium Skilled Stadium Centrebet Stadium Penrith

Former Venues	BB&T Center CFE Arena Citrus Bowl Cotton Bowl Dick's Sporting Goods Park FIU Stadium Hard Rock Live Hershey Centre Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Quicken Loans Arena QuikTrip Park Resch Center Ricoh Coliseum Sovereign Center Sun National Bank Center Tampa Bay Times Forum Target Center Thomas & Mack Center Toyota Park Valley View Casino Center

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