Guelph Sports and Entertainment Centre
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| Guelph Sports and Entertainment Centre | |
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| GSEC | |
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| Location | 50 Woolwich St, Guelph, ON N1H 3V1
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| Broke ground | November 1998 |
| Opened | 2000 |
| Owner | City of Guelph |
| Construction cost | 21C million |
| Architect | PBK Architects |
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| Guelph Storm (2000-Present) | |
| Capacity | |
| Hockey 5,100 (includes seated) Concerts 6,500 |
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The Guelph Sports and Entertainment Centre is a 5,100 seat multi-purpose facility in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. GSEC has hosted concerts, sporting and family events as well as trade shows and conferences. The arena hosted the 2002 Memorial Cup.
In the main arena the seats are blue, with private suites located one level above the main seating area. The club seats are behind the player benches. there is also a restaurant behind the club seats as well as a 200 level VIP section on the same level of the private boxes. The arena have a standard four-sided scoreboard which is blue to go with the arena theme colour. The concourse is wide and horseshoe shaped, as fans have to either exit to Old Quebec Street food court or go through restaurant. Fans can walk all the way around the arena in a circle.
[edit] History
The arena was built in 2000 for $21 Million Dollars. The debate over finding a location as well as the cost was debated for over a decade, when the Guelph Platers moved in 1989. It replaced Memorial Gardens as the home of the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League. The arena was built on the site of the old Eaton's store in downtown Guelph.
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