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in dollars) | architect = Brisbin Brook Beynon Architects (Architect of Record) Populous (Consulting Architects) | project_manager = Clarendon Projects Ltd.〔(Clarendon Projects - Air Canada Centre )〕 | structural engineer = Yolles Partnership Inc.〔(Halcrow Yolles - Air Canada Centre )〕 | services engineer = The Mitchell Partnership, Inc.〔(The Mitchell Partnership - Air Canada Centre )〕 | general_contractor = PCL Constructors Western, Inc. | tenants = Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) (1999–present) Toronto Raptors (NBA) (1999–present) Toronto Rock (NLL) (2001–present) Toronto Phantoms (AFL) (2001–2002) Toronto Marlies (AHL) (2005-present) (occasional home games) Raptors 905 (D-League) (2015-present) (occasional home games) (planned) | seating_capacity = Basketball: 19,800, at least 20,511 with standing room〔(Toronto Raptors Media Guide ) Page 224〕 Hockey: 18,819, at least 20,270 with standing room Lacrosse: 18,819 Concerts: 19,800 Theatre: 5,200 | dimensions = | parking = 13000 spaces }} The Air Canada Centre (ACC) is a multi-purpose indoor sporting arena located on Bay Street in the South Core district of Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL), the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). In addition, the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League play occasional games at the arena, and the Raptors 905 of the NBA Development League plan to play occasional games at the venue as well. The area was previously home to the Toronto Phantoms of the Arena Football League (AFL) during their brief existence. The arena is popularly known as ''the ACC'' or ''the Hangar'' (the latter nickname came from its sponsorship by Air Canada). The arena is owned and operated by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE), the same group that owns both the Leafs and Raptors, as well as their respective development teams, and is in size. In 2008, the ACC was the fifth busiest arena in the world and the busiest in Canada.〔(MTS Centre 19th-busiest showbiz venue in world ). Winnipeg Free Press (January 24, 2009). Retrieved on July 26, 2013.〕 Air Canada Centre is connected to Union Station and the underground pedestrian PATH system, providing access to public transportation (TTC's Union subway station and GO Transit). There are also 13,000 parking spaces. The Air Canada Centre has, from its initial design to completion, revolutionized many concepts included in new arenas and stadiums built since then. These features include luxury suites accessible on the ground floor, splitting the main scoreboard into several sections, rotating all sponsor signage in the bowl at once (to allow dominant messaging), and multiple restaurants in and out of the main arena bowl view. ==History== Construction of the Air Canada Centre was started by the Toronto Raptors under its initial ownership group headed by Canadian businessman John Bitove. Groundbreaking took place in March 1997. While construction was in progress, the Raptors and their partially completed arena were purchased by MLSE, which was contemplating building their own arena for the Maple Leafs to replace the ageing Maple Leaf Gardens. MLSE subsequently ordered major modifications to the original design, which was basketball-specific, to make the arena became more suitable for hockey. Originally planned to cost $217 million ($ million in dollars), MLSE increased the budget to $265 million after taking control. The Raptors were twice fined a million dollars (which was donated to their charitable foundation) by the NBA for missing deadlines to begin construction of their new arena. The arena site was once occupied by Canada Post's Toronto Postal Delivery Building (designed by Charles B. Dolphin), which was briefly handed over to Department of National Defence for war storage purposes upon completion in 1941, but returned to Canada Post in 1946. In the early 1990s, real estate developers Bramalea Ltd and Trizec arranged to purchase the building from Canada Post with equal ownership, and redevelop the site into a 2.5 million square foot office, retail and residential space. The financial and development details of the purchase had various conditions around the property being rezoned by the city, and remediation of soil contamination by Canada Post before any development. Due to financial difficulties, the building ownership was returned to Canada Post in 1993. The Toronto Raptors purchased the building from Canada Post the next year. The current building retains the striking Art Deco façades of the east (along Bay Street) and south (Lake Shore Boulevard) walls of that structure, but the rest of the building (facing Union Station) was removed to make room for the arena, through the process of facadism. The original building is protected under the Ontario Heritage Act. A 15-storey tower on Bay Street stands at and provides connections in the atrium to Union Station, Bay Street, and York Street (via Bremner Boulevard). The Air Canada Centre is connected to the underground PATH network. Air Canada purchased naming rights to the arena for $30 million over 20 years since opening. 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「Air Canada Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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