Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens
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Established
2012 (14 years old)
Capacity
2,539
Build Cost
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Country
Canada
Location
Toronto, ON
Timezone
UTC -05:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Coordinates
43.662222, -79.380278
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On November 29, 2011, Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) announced that Peter Gilgan, Founder and chief executive officer, Mattamy Homes Ltd., contributed a donation of $15 million to the university. In honour of Gilgan, the new athletic complex was renamed Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens. The ice rink, which is located on the third level, was named Mattamy Home Ice.
The athletic centre construction was completed in the summer of 2012, and the ice rink became the new home for the Ryerson Rams hockey team, now known as the TMU Bold. The first game took place on September 9, 2012, with the Rams taking a 5–4 victory over the University of Ontario Institute of Technology Ridgebacks. The arena is home to the TMU Bold hockey, basketball and volleyball teams.
During the Summer of 2012, the Canadian Lacrosse League announced the relocation of the Oshawa Machine to Toronto as the Toronto Shooting Stars. It was also announced that the team would play out of the Mattamy Athletic Centre, bringing lacrosse back to the Gardens after a 13-year absence. The team held their first game on January 13, 2013. The pre-game honoured former Toronto Rock and Tomahawk players. The team played one season at the arena before folding.
During the 2012–13 NHL lockout the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) used the arena for a charity game.
From January 25 to 27, 2013, the Ontario Liberals used the Gardens for their leadership convention.
Since 2013, the arena has hosted the Players' Championship, a Grand Slam of Curling event, for all but two years (2014 & 2021).
The facility also hosted the 2014 OUA Figure Skating Championships, won by the Guelph Gryphons.
On December 13–14, 2014, the arena was the host of two exhibition games between the Canada men's national junior ice hockey team and a team University All Stars of combined Ryerson Rams, University of Toronto Varsity Blues and York Lions players in preparation for Canada's participation in the 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
The indoor rowing event held at Mattamy Athletic Centre for the 2017 Invictus Games.
The arena, under the name Ryerson Athletic Centre, was one of the venues for the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games, hosting the basketball tournament of the 2015 Pan American Games, wheelchair basketball of the 2015 Parapan American Games and various events (Indoor rowing, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby) for the 2017 Invictus Games.
On February 13, 2018, the arena hosted an open practice for the Maple Leafs. This marked the first official Leafs event in the building since the last Leafs game played there in 1999, nineteen years to the day.
Since opening in 2012, Mattamy Athletic Centre has hosted the 2015 CIS Men's Basketball Championship, the 2017 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship and the 2019 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship.
Mattamy Athletic Centre was chosen for the Overwatch League 2023 Grand Finals, which took place from late September to the start of October 2023.
In November 2023, it was announced that the Mattamy Athletic Centre would become the new home of the then unnamed PWHL Toronto. Toronto hosted the inaugural PWHL game on January 1, 2024, against the PWHL New York, who won the sold-out game by a score of 4–0. Upon the conclusion of the PWHL regular season, the team would later relocate from Mattamy Athletic Centre to the Coca-Cola Coliseum for their playoff games that year and for the following season henceforth as their new primary home venue as the re-branded Toronto Sceptres.
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