The Scotiabank Centre was built in 1978 as the Halifax Metro Centre, in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The building is next to the World Trade and Convention Centre, at the foot of Citadel Hill. It is the largest arena in Halifax. It originally featured a full ring of bright orange seats around the playing surface, which is known as the "lower bowl". It also has an incomplete "upper bowl" on each side of the arena facing rink-side (court-side) with seats of the same color.
In the mid to late 1990s, there were numerous renovations to the arena, including the addition of forty-three SkyBoxes and eleven "Executive Suites". The addition of the SkyBoxes has since partially obscured views for people sitting high up in the upper bowl. These boxes do not cut off views of the events, but more cut off views of the rest of the seating area. Before the 2002–03 ice hockey season, in preparation for the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship, a new scoreboard and "SilverVision" LED screens were added. On June 25, 2014, the arena was renamed as Scotiabank Centre when Scotiabank acquired its naming rights.
The arena concourses feature photographs of the various events that have taken place at the Scotiabank Centre, with one side featuring entertainment events and the other featuring sporting events (including professional wrestling). It currently has a seating capacity of 10,595 for ice hockey. The building is connected to the Downtown Halifax Link system.
Events
- Monday Night RAW - July 21, 1997
- Shotgun Saturday Night - July 26, 1997
- Monday Night RAW - June 8, 1998
- Monday Night RAW - May 5, 2003
- Smackdown - May 8, 2003
- Velocity - May 10, 2003
- WWE Heat - May 11, 2003
- WWE Heat - May 30, 2004
External links
Official Site
Scotiabank Centre at Wikipedia
[Halifax Metro Centre at Pro Fight DB]
