Toronto Ryerson's Mattamy Athletics Centre + Loblaws at the Gardens | ?m | ?s | Ryerson University | Turner Fleischer

[christiesplits]

The Toronto team for the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) has been using the Mattamy as their home rink for their debut season. It's the smallest of all the PWHL venues, and with constant sellouts, they appear to be looking for a new home.

https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/pwhl-toronto-has-already-outgrown-mattamy-necessitating-a-move-sooner-than-later

Still, it's nice to see a pro hockey team call the Maple Leaf Gardens home, even briefly.

 

[innsertnamehere]

using the Ex hockey rink for PWHL would likely see far better utilization of that rink than the Marlies see with it.

Plus I have a sneaking feeling the Marlies will be moving down the QEW to Hamilton in a year or two anyway to fill Hamilton's newly renovated rink.

 

[christiesplits]

using the Ex hockey rink for PWHL would likely see far better utilization of that rink than the Marlies see with it.

Plus I have a sneaking feeling the Marlies will be moving down the QEW to Hamilton in a year or two anyway to fill Hamilton's newly renovated rink.

Yep, Coca Cola Coliseum seems like the perfect fit, at about 7,000 seats. However, it's owned by MLSE, and unlike the Marlies, they don't own the PWHL team.

 

[wopchop]

Yep, Coca Cola Coliseum seems like the perfect fit, at about 7,000 seats. However, it's owned by MLSE, and unlike the Marlies, they don't own the PWHL team.

Incorrect, the Coliseum is owned by the City and operated by MLSE. Same deal as BMO Field.

 

[christiesplits]

Incorrect, the Coliseum is owned by the City and operated by MLSE. Same deal as BMO Field.

Ah, thanks. Finding a new arena for the womens team might be more complicated now that Larry Tanenbaum wants a Toronto WNBA team.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/larry-tanenbaum-pursuing-wnba-expansion-team-for-toronto-1.7132863

 

[ShonTron]

The OHL arena in Mississauga will be needing a new tenant as the team there is moving to Brampton (I don’t get the thinking behind that one, but alas). That would have reasonable capacity, but transit access stinks.