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Current · NHL
Canadian Tire Centre
Home of the Ottawa Senators
Ottawa, ON
Still to visit
Teams
Ottawa Senators
NHL · hockey
1996–present
Also known as Scotiabank Place · Corel Centre · The Palladium
Stadium facts
- Capacity
- 17,010
- Hockey from 2026, or 18,510 with standing room. The page lists 18,500 for 1996–2005 and several figures since, including 19,153 for 2005–2015.Source for capacity
- Record attendance
- 20,511
- Hockey, December 4, 2014, against the Detroit Red Wings.Source for record attendance
- Opened
- January 15, 1996
- Opened as the Palladium with a Bryan Adams concert. Ground broken July 7, 1994.Source for opened
- Cost
- C$188 million
- The history calls this the project cost that ownership borrowed to pay, through a bank consortium and Ogden Entertainment.Source for cost
Names and sponsors
Timeline
1996
1996
1998
2003
2012
2014
2024
January 15, 1996
Bryan Adams opens the Palladium
The Palladium opened on January 15, 1996, with a concert by Bryan Adams. The Senators have been the NHL tenant since that first season. The building later took the Corel, Scotiabank, and Canadian Tire names.
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