Sadlon Arena (formerly known as the Barrie Molson Centre) is a 4,195-seat multi-purpose arena in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. It is primarily home to the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League. It is located in the south end of the city on Bayview Drive at Mapleview Drive, near Park Place and big box shopping plazas.
"BMC" | |
  Sadlon Arena Location within Ontario  Sadlon Arena Location within Canada | |
| Address | 555 Bayview Drive Barrie, Ontario L4N 8Y2 |
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| Coordinates | 44°20′16″N 79°40′41″W / 44.33778°N 79.67806°W |
| Owner | City of Barrie |
| Operator | City of Barrie |
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| Construction | |
| Broke ground | November 1994 |
| Opened | December 31, 1995 |
| Construction cost | CA$13 million ($23.3 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
| Architect | Brisbin Brook Beynon Architects |
| Services engineer | The Mitchell Partnership Inc. |
| General contractor | PCL Constructors Eastern Inc. |
| Tenants | |
| Barrie Colts (OHL) (1995–present) Barrie Lakeshores (MSL) (2004–2007) Barrie Blizzard (CLax) (2013–2016) Monsignor Clair Cup (1999-present) | |
The arena hosted its first OHL game on December 31, 1995, when the Barrie Colts hosted the Sudbury Wolves.[2] The Colts played the first half of their inaugural season at the old Dunlop Arena while the BMC was under construction. It is the former home of the Barrie Lakeshores of Major Series Lacrosse.[3] The Molson Centre hosted the 2013 The Dominion Tankard, the provincial curling championship.[4]
The naming agreement for the Barrie Molson Centre ended on December 31, 2018.[5] As a result, the City of Barrie placed an interim sign on the arena with the initials BMC until a new sponsor was found.[6] On November 26, 2019, the city announced that a new, 10-year naming rights agreement with Paul Sadlon Motors (a local auto dealership) had been approved that will change the name of the facility to "Sadlon Arena".[7]
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- ^ "Colts announce New Years Eve game details". barriecolts.com. December 30, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ Dodd, Mike (December 24, 2004). "Kloepfer knows how to sell his sport". muskokaregion.com. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
Mike has moved the Lakeshores into the Major Lacrosse Series and taken the team out of the aging Barrie Dunlop Street arena and into the ultra-modern Barrie Molson Centre
- ^ "Barrie to host curling championships". Simcoe.com. December 12, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ Jackson, Hannah (June 19, 2018). "Barrie Molson Centre renaming rights deal referred back to staff". Global News. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ Owen, Jessica (October 4, 2019). "The arena with no name: Former Barrie Molson Centre in naming limbo". Barrietoday.com. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "City secures naming rights for Barrie's premier arena". City of Barrie. November 26, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
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