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Revision as of 14:55, 12 August 2004
The Halifax Metro Centre was built in 1978 in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. The building is next to the World Trade and Connvention Centre, at the foot of Citadel Hill. In the mid to late 1990's there were numberous renovations to the arena, including the addition of about 60 SkyBoxes. It is sometimes reffered to as the MC. It currently has a seating capacity of about 10,600 for hockey.
It has been the home of the following sports teams:
- Nova Scotia Voyageurs, AHL (1978-84) - Montreal Canadiens farm team
- Nova Scotia Oilers, AHL (1984-88) - Edmonton Oilers farm team
- Halifax Citadels, AHL (1988-93) - Quebec Nordiques farm team
- Halifax Windjammers, WBL (1991-92), NBL (1993-94)
- Saint Mary's University hockey team, AUAA (mid 1990's)
- Halifax Mooseheads, QMJHL (1994- )
- Halifax Icebreakers, WHA (2004- ) - if league gets of the ground
- Halifax Havoc, NAIFL (2005- ) - if league gets of the ground
It has hosted the following events:
- annual Nova Scotia International Tatoo
- numberous AUAA / AUS men's basketball tornaments
- numberous AUAA men's hockey All-Star Games (mid 1990's)
- numbeorus Canadian Figure Skating Championships
- numberous CIAU / CIS men's basketball nationals
- numberous NBA & NHL preseason games, including the Toronto Raptors first game in their history
- numbeorus NHL oldtimers games
- numberous Skate Canada events
- numberous Team Canada basketball and hockey games
- numberous WWF / WWE events
- numberous East Coast Music Awards
- handful of NCAA (hoops) & NHL regular season games
- 1981, 1995, 2003 Briers
- 1990 Scott Tornament of Hearts
- 1991 World Figure Skating Championships
- 1995 G-7 Summitt (media centre)
- 2000 Memorial Cup
- 2003 World Junior Hockey Championships
- 2004 World Women's Hockey Championships
- 2004 FIBA Under 21 Tornament of the Americas
- 2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
- 2008 World Hockey Championships - if new arena is not built in the meantime
It has hosted concerts by the following perfromers:
- Garth Brooks
- Bill Cosby
- Great Big Sea
- Alanis Morrisette
- Dolly Parton
- Kenny Rogers
- Tragically Hip
- Weird Al Yankovic
- and many more