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Maple Leaf Square : ウィキペディア英語版 | Maple Leaf Square
Maple Leaf Square (and colloquially "Jurassic Park"〔(Toronto Raptors fans pack Maple Leaf Square for Game 7 against Brooklyn Nets ), National Post, May 4, 2014〕 while the Raptors are playing) is a public square along with a residential, office, retail, entertainment and hotel complex in Toronto, Canada. It is located to the west of the Air Canada Centre in Downtown Toronto in the former Railway Lands. The $500 million development was jointly developed by Cadillac Fairview, Lanterra and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), who owns the nearby Air Canada Centre. The complex has of usable space covering on one city block.〔(Maple Leaf Square Update | June 9, 2008 )〕 ==Name== The name of the square and complex is Maple Leaf Square, after the Toronto Maple Leafs that play in the Air Canada Centre next to the square. The square also has the nickname Jurassic Park, after the 1993 movie Jurassic Park, from which the Toronto Raptors were given their name. On September 25, 2014, it was reported that official name of the square would be changed to Ford Square from Maple Leaf Square, after the Ford Motor Company of Canada's purchase of naming rights to the square. After public uproar to the rename,〔〔(Never mind what MLSE wants, the square's name stays the same ), September 26, Toronto Star〕〔〔(Maple Leaf Square will not be renamed Ford Square after all ), Global News, September 30, 2014〕 five days later, MLSE said that those reports were "premature and unfounded" and they would not get rid of the name.〔(Maple Leaf Square will live on, MLSE says ), Toronto Star, September 30, 2014〕 Instead, they announced that the square would be branded as the ''Ford Fan Zone at Maple Leaf Square''〔 due to a five-year sponsorship deal with Ford Canada.〔(Maple Leaf Square will not be renamed Ford Square ), CityNews Toronto, September 30〕
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