June 10, 2003
THE NATIONAL TRADE CENTRE RENOVATES RICOH COLISEUM
TO OPEN NOVEMBER 2003
November 2003 will mark the opening of Ricoh Coliseum,
Toronto's newest sports and entertainment complex. Situated within
the award-winning National Trade Centre, this $38 million dollar arena
renovation project broke ground on January 15th, 2003 and will open
November 1, 2003 with the inaugural home game of the Toronto Roadrunners,
Toronto's new American Hockey League (AHL) hockey club.
Ricoh Coliseum's 10,000-seat capacity will fulfill event planners,
show organizers and promoters' needs for a midsize event venue. Ricoh
Coliseum will have multiple seating configurations, which range from
approximately 3,500 to 10,000+ seats.
Ricoh Coliseum has been custom engineered to include a uniquely expanded
248'x114' flat floor surface. Built to accommodate the largest annual
equestrian consumer show in the world, The Royal Agricultural Winter
Fair; and house the world's largest indoor lake for the 2005 National
Marine Manufacturers Association's (NMMA) consumer show, The Toronto
International Boat Show. NMMA will fill the Ricoh Coliseum with over
1 million gallons of water to create an amazing indoor water and boating
experience, which will complement their 600,000 square foot exhibition.
The arena's official naming rights sponsor is Ricoh Canada Inc., the
leading international provider of the highest quality document and
content management solutions for the 21st century workplace. Ricoh
Coliseum is the permanent home for the AHL Toronto Roadrunners franchise.
Ricoh Coliseum is professionally managed by O&Y/SMG Canada, a Canadian
company offering management services to convention and trade centres,
arenas, stadiums and theatres across the country. O&Y/SMG Canada is
a partnership between O&Y Properties Inc. of Toronto, and SMG of Philadelphia,
a leader in the United States in the professional management of 143
first-class trade and convention centres, arenas, stadiums and theatres.
