Meridian Centre
Sponsor: Meridian Credit Union
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Established
2014 (11 years old)
Capacity
5,300
Build Cost
$50 Million
Architect
PBK Architects
Country
Canada
Location
Saint Catharines
Timezone
UTC -05:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Coordinates
43.156279, -79.243977
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The primary tenant at the Meridian Centre is the Niagara IceDogs of the Ontario Hockey League. The Niagara IceDogs won their first game at the Meridian Centre on October 16, 2014, against the Belleville Bulls by a score of 7–4 in front of a sellout crowd of 5,300, the largest attendance in franchise history. This record was later broken when standing room tickets were sold during the 2015–16 playoffs with an attendance of 5,580.
From 2014-2016, the Meridian Centre hosted the Niagara Lock Monsters of the short lived Canadian Lacrosse League. They won a championship in their inaugural season.
In 2015, the Meridian Centre welcomed a secondary tenant in the Niagara River Lions of the National Basketball League of Canada. The addition of the River Lions basketball court also allows for important Brock University men's and women's basketball games to be relocated to the larger venue of the Meridian Centre. The River Lions joined the Canadian Elite Basketball League in 2018.
The Meridian Centre hosted the 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in January 2016. The final, a 3–2 overtime victory for the United States over Canada, resulted in the largest hockey crowd in arena history at 5,516. Overall, the total tournament attendance of 34,523 surpassed the previous record of 16,855.
On September 29, 2016, the Meridian Centre hosted a pre-season exhibition game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. After regulation and overtime, the game remained scoreless. Matt Moulson would ultimately give the Sabres the 1-0 shoot-out win.
The Meridian Centre hosted the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the annual Canadian women's curling championship, between February 16 and 26, 2017. Team Ontario, led by Rachel Homan, defeated Team Manitoba in the final by a score of 8–6. The overall attendance throughout the tournament was 56, 804.
In June 2018, the Meridian Centre hosted the 2018 FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship.
In 2020, St Catharines and the Meridian Centre hosted the 2020 CEBL Bubble. The tournament took place at the venue with teams quarantining at city hotels. The Edmonton Stingers were named the champions at the end of the tournament.
The arena will host the 2025 Minto Cup box lacrosse championships.
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