Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex
Sun Life Financial Arena
Former namesWaterloo Recreation Complex
Address101 Father David Bauer Drive
Waterloo, Ontario
Coordinates43°27′52″N 80°31′56″W / 43.46444°N 80.53222°W / 43.46444; -80.53222
OwnerCity Of Waterloo
OperatorCity Of Waterloo
Capacity4,400 - Hockey
Field sizeIce Hockey(98.4 ft × 197 ft)
Construction
Opened1993
Construction cost$17.6 million[1]
ArchitectParkin Architects Limited[1]
Tenants
Waterloo Siskins (GOJHL),1993-Present
Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks hockey,1993-Present
Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks Major Series Lacrosse, 2003-2016
Website
www.waterloo.ca/en/things-to-do/waterloo-memorial-recreation-complex.aspx

The Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex is a recreation facility in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Father David Bauer Drive, west of Uptown. The complex contains the Sun Life Financial Arena, a 4,132-seat multi-purpose arena that is home to the Waterloo Siskins and the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks hockey teams, the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks Major Series Lacrosse team, and the Swimplex, a 30m pool that was the city's first municipally-owned indoor pool.

Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex.

Construction of the $21 million facility began in December 1991 and the Rec Complex opened in September 1993. The facility was described as the "largest and most expensive project in the city's history".[2]

While under construction, the site was selected for the 1994 Scott Tournament of Hearts, a Canadian women's curling championship.[3] It was called the Waterloo Recreation Complex until May 2002, when Memorial was added after the city closed the Waterloo Memorial Arena.[4]

The building honours the 69 Waterloo residents killed in the two world wars.

References

  1. 1 2 "Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex - Parkin Architects Limited". Parkin Architects Limited. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. ↑ McLaughlin, Kenneth; Jaeger, Sharon (2007). Waterloo: An Illustrated History, 1857–2007. Waterloo: City of Waterloo. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-9691175-1-3.
  3. ↑ McLaughlin, Kenneth; Jaeger, Sharon (2007). Waterloo: An Illustrated History, 1857–2007. Waterloo: City of Waterloo. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-9691175-1-3.
  4. ↑ "Where in the world is Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold?". Waterloo Region Record. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
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