Rogers Place
Multi-use indoor arena in Alberta, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Rogers Arena in Vancouver, or Rogers Centre in Toronto.
Rogers Place is a multi-use indoor arena in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Construction started in March 2014, and the building officially opened on September 8, 2016. The arena has a seating capacity of 18,347 as a hockey venue and 20,734 as a concert venue.[12]
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Address | 10220 104 Avenue NW |
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Location | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Coordinates | 53°32′49″N 113°29′52″W |
Public transit | MacEwan station 7 110X 500X |
Owner | City of Edmonton |
Operator | Oilers Entertainment Group[1] |
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Field size | 1,110,900 sq ft (103,210 m2) |
Surface | Ice |
Scoreboard | 14 m × 14 m × 11 m (46 ft × 46 ft × 36 ft)[2] |
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Broke ground | March 3, 2014[3] |
Built | March 2014–September 2016 |
Opened | September 8, 2016 |
Construction cost | CA$483.5 million ($592 million in 2023 dollars[4]) |
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Project manager | ICON Venue Group[7] |
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Services engineer | M-E Engineers, Inc.[6] |
General contractor | PCL Construction[9] |
Main contractors | PCL Construction[10] |
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It replaced Northlands Coliseum (opened 1974) as the home of the NHL's Edmonton Oilers and the WHL's Edmonton Oil Kings. The arena is in the block between 102 and 104 Streets and 104 and 105 Avenues. Public transit access to the arena is provided by the Edmonton Light Rail Transit system (MacEwan station on the Metro Line) and Edmonton Transit Service bus.