Sadlon Arena (formerly known as the Barrie Molson Centre) is a 4,195-seat multi-purpose arena in
Barrie
Barrie is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada, about north of Toronto. The city is within Simcoe County and located along the shores of Kempenfelt Bay, the western arm of Lake Simcoe. Although physically in Simcoe County, Barrie is politically i ...
,
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
, Canada. It is primarily home to the
Barrie Colts
The Barrie Colts are a junior ice hockey team in Ontario Hockey League, based in Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
Pre-OHL history
There were two previous Barrie Colts teams which played Junior A & B hockey in the Ontario Hockey Association, one from 1 ...
of the
Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League (OHL; french: Ligue de hockey de l'Ontario (LHO)) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 16–19. There are exceptions for overag ...
. It is located in the south end of the city on Bayview Drive at Mapleview Drive, near
Park Place and big box shopping plazas.
The arena hosted its first OHL game on December 31, 1995, when the Barrie Colts hosted the
Sudbury Wolves
The Sudbury Wolves are an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) ice hockey team based in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Sudbury has had various hockey teams competing at the Junior ice hockey, junior and senior ice hockey levels of the game k ...
. The Colts played the first half of their inaugural season at the old
Dunlop Arena while the BMC was under construction. It is the former home of the
Barrie Lakeshores of
Major Series Lacrosse
Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) is a Senior A box lacrosse league based in Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. Most of the star players in the league play or have played in the National Lacrosse League. Each year, the play ...
. The Molson Centre hosted the
2013 The Dominion Tankard, the provincial curling championship.
The naming agreement for the Barrie Molson Centre ended on December 31, 2018. As a result, the City of Barrie placed an interim sign on the arena with the initials BMC until a new sponsor was found. On November 26, 2019, the city announced that a new, 10-year naming rights agreement with Paul Sadlon Motors (a local auto dealership) had been approved that will change the name of the facility to "Sadlon Arena".
References
External links
The OHL Arena & Travel Guide - Barrie Molson Centre
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Buildings and structures in Barrie
Indoor arenas in Ontario
Indoor ice hockey venues in Canada
Indoor lacrosse venues in Canada
Ontario Hockey League arenas
Sport in Barrie
Sports venues in Ontario