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Centre 200 is the main sports & entertainment arena located in Sydney, Nova Scotia. It is the home arena of the QMJHL's Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. From 1988 to 1996 the arena housed the American Hockey League's Cape Breton Oilers, until the team moved to Hamilton, Ontario. In 1993 and 1994 the arena was home to the Cape Breton Breakers of the NBL. The arena's seating capacity is 4,670.
Centre 200 was the primary sporting venue for the 1987 Canada Winter Games. It is named in honour of the 200th anniversary of the founding of Sydney, which took place in 1785. The building was constructed as a bicentennial project of the municipality.
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