Canadian Tire Centre

Canadian Tire Centre (French: Centre Canadian Tire, formerly known as The Palladium upon its opening, Corel Centre and Scotiabank Place) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the western suburb of Kanata, in Ottawa, Ontario.

The arena is primarily used for ice hockey, serving as the home arena of the National Hockey League's Ottawa Senators since its opening in 1996, and as a temporary home for the OHL's Ottawa 67's during renovations at its arena. The arena is also used regularly for music concerts. It has hosted events such as the CIS Men's basketball championship.

History

As part of its bid to land a NHL franchise for Ottawa, Terrace Corporation unveiled the original proposal for the arena development at a press conference in September 1989. The proposal included a hotel and 20,500 seat arena, named The Palladium on 100 acres (0.40 km²), surrounded by a 500-acre (2.0 km²) mini-city, named "West Terrace". The site itself, 600 acres (2.4 km²) of farmland, on the western border of Kanata, had been acquired in May 1989 by Terrace. The large site had previously been a possible location for a new home for the Central Canada Exhibition, but the Exhibition's option on the property had expired.