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| tenants = Toronto-Buffalo Royals (WTT) (1974) Toronto Marlies (AHL) (2005–present) Toronto Triumph (LFL) (2011-2012) Toronto Roadrunners (AHL) (2003–2004) | seating_capacity = Ice hockey 7,851;〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.marlies.ca/team/StaffDirectory.asp )〕 8,140 (including standing room)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ricohcoliseum.com/fan-guide/seating-capacity/ )〕 Concerts 9,250 Wrestling 10,279 | publictransit = Union Bathurst, Dufferin, Dundas West 509 Harbourfront 511 Bathurst 29B/C/D Dufferin 193 Exhibition Rocket Lakeshore West line }} Ricoh Coliseum is an arena at Exhibition Place in Toronto, used for agricultural displays, ice hockey and trade shows. It was built for the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) and the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (Royal) in 1921. It was formerly known as the CNE Coliseum. Since 1997, it has been part of the "National Trade Centre" (now known as the Enercare Centre) exhibition complex. It serves as the home arena of the Toronto Marlies ice hockey team, the American Hockey League farm team of the Toronto Maple Leafs. For the 2015 Pan American Games the venue hosted the gymnastics competitions and was known as the Toronto Coliseum. ==History== On January 1, 1920, City taxpayers approved by plebiscite a proposal by the Royal Agricultural Fair Association to construct, at a maximum cost of 1 million, a new arena for live stock. The City made a call for tenders in the fall of 1920 but the lowest tender was $1.9 million, exceeding the mandate approved by plebiscite. The size of the planned building was reduced by half in an attempt to get the cost under $1 million and a new call for tenders was done. The lowest tender received was from Anglin-Norcross Ltd. of Montreal for $892,000 to build the building to City Architect F. W. Price's specifications. There was reticence to hire a Montreal firm, and the city held off on awarding the contract while Price sought out construction offers from local firms to do the work using day labour, although the legality of this was questioned. Another issue raised was that the revised arena design needed to be expanded to meet the fair's needs. Anglin-Norcross offered to do the work at a further $31,000. It took two Council votes, but Council finally approved the awarding of the contract to Anglin-Norcross on May 26, 1921. Demolition of existing buildings on the site commenced a few days later and arena work commenced in June 1921. The cornerstone was laid by Toronto Mayor Thomas Church〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?R=DC-PICTURES-R-4119 )〕 on July 27, 1921 and Robert Fleming, President of the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) declared that the building would be the largest of its kind in the world,〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=July 28, 1921 )〕 with a floor space of . The Fair Association had hoped for the arena to be open by the fall of 1921 to inaugurate the new fair, but it was not ready. The $1 million building had its official public opening on December 16, 1921, attended by 5,000 persons to see an athletic meet put on by the "Sportsmen Patriotic Association." Upon completion, the building was billed as the largest of its kind in North America.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.explace.on.ca/history/walking_tours.php )〕 The name "Coliseum" was given to the building in 1922, in time for the opening of the CNE. The main entrance was to the north, along Manitoba Drive. The southern side of the building was along the main TTC streetcar rail lines serving the CNE, which separated the Coliseum and Industry Buildings to the north, and the later Engineering and Electrical Building (1928) to the south. In 1926, additions were built and the complex was claimed to be the largest structure of its kind under one roof in the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=openplaques.org )〕 In 1931, the Horse Palace was built next door to provide a permanent building for the stables of the Winter Fair.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Million-Dollar Exhibition Stables Completed Tomorrow )〕 From 1942 to 1945, the building was used as a training base for the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II and known as the 'Manning Depot'.〔 A photo of it as the RCAF Manning Depot is in the New Westminster Museum and Archives # IHP9562-003. After the war, it mainly hosted equestrian events for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, the CNE and other events. The arena was also used as a horse barn. In time for the 1963 CNE, the southern facade was reconstructed. As part of the renovation, the southern facade was cladded with black, grey and white siding and a new front plaza was built, with a large "COLISEUM" sign on top. The CNE spent 3 million from 1960 until 1963 on "face-lifting" the Coliseum. In 1997, the National Trade Centre (now the Enercare Centre) exhibition complex was built. The new project removed the 1963 entrance and cladding, restoring the original facade, although the cupola towers on the southern facade had been removed in the 1963 renovation. Access to the Coliseum was moved to the western entrance of the exhibition complex through a hall known as Heritage Court. In November 2002, the City of Toronto agreed to an extensive renovation of the Coliseum to attract a professional ice hockey team to the arena. At a cost of $38 million, the arena's capacity was expanded from 6,500 to 9,700 by building a new higher roof, lowering the floor, adding new seats in the expanded area〔〔 and the installation of 38 private suites.〔 Borealis Infrastructure contributed $9 million up front and $20 million of borrowed funds in return for a 49-year lease to the arena.〔 The City of Toronto invested $9 million in the project and guaranteed Borealis' loans, while remaining the owner of the building.〔〔〔 In 2003, Japanese office supply company Ricoh purchased the naming rights to the new facility for $10 million over ten years, with an optional five-year extension.〔〔〔 During the summer of 2015, a new scoreboard is being installed at the Air Canada Centre, and the old scoreboard will be installed at Ricoh Coliseum. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ricoh Coliseum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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