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in dollars) | architect = NORR Limited | structural engineer = IBI Group, Inc. | project_manager = WeirFoulds | general_contractor = Giffels Design-Build Inc. | tenants = Oshawa Generals (OHL) (2007-Present) Oshawa Power (NBL Canada) (2011-2013) Oshawa Machine (CLax) (2012) Durham TurfDogs (CLax) (2012) 2015 Pan American Games (Boxing and Weightlifting) | seating_capacity = *Hockey: 5,180, 6,125 with standing room *Concerts: 3,200 - 7,300 *Club Seats: 530 *Standing Room:258 *Private Suites: 23 *Group Suites: 4 | website= }} The General Motors Centre, also known as the GM Centre or GMC, is a multi-purpose arena located in downtown Oshawa, Ontario which opened in November 2006. The GM Centre was constructed to replace the Oshawa Civic Auditorium. The main tenants are the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League and the Durham TurfDogs of the Canadian Lacrosse League. The facility also features the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame, Prospects Bar and Grill, an Oshawa Generals retail store, executive seating and special club seats. As construction was nearing completion, the project ran short of money, over budget and resorted to cutting costs. One of the most visible (and surprising) cost saving measures was the installation of surplus rear projection screens (circa 1981, provided free of charge by the local school board) on the drop down scoreboard. Although there have been many petitions presented to the venue operator and the City of Oshawa to replace the screens with modern technology, the screens remain giving the appearance of "cheapness" on such a visibly important portion of an otherwise attractive building. ==Ownership, management and naming rights== The GM Centre is owned by the city of Oshawa. On October 5, 2006, General Motors obtained the naming rights of the arena. The City originally selected Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) to manage the building but, after disappointing results in the first year and a half of operations, MLSE requested in March 2008 that its contract be terminated.〔 MLSE had been attempting to get into the business of managing facilities beyond those where their sports teams played but decided to withdraw, with Bob Hunter, MLSE's Vice President of venues and entertainment, saying that managing the arena was "no longer a strategic focus for us".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MLSE bows out of management contract with GMC )〕〔 Global Spectrum assumed control of the operations and management of the arena on June 30, 2008. In early 2015, Global Spectrum quietly replaced the locally staffed ticket call centre with a company in India, with the calls redirected to that company's call centre in that country. The City of Oshawa was questioned regarding the elimination of local employment opportunities (as the construction was billed to taxpayers and supported by people in the area), but there was no official available to reply. Ticket prices and service/convenience charges have not reduced commensurate with the substantially lower wage costs of an overseas call centre, but on the contrary have risen. Global Spectrum has indicated any cost savings expected by outsourcing to 3rd world countries will be utilized to counteract the skyrocketing hydro rates (The Province of Ontario has the highest hydro costs in North America) faced by the venue. 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「General Motors Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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