Waterloo_Memorial_Recreation_Complex

Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex

Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex

Recreation facility in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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.

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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

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    "Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex - Parkin Architects Limited". Parkin Architects Limited. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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    McLaughlin, Kenneth; Jaeger, Sharon (2007). Waterloo: An Illustrated History, 1857–2007. Waterloo: City of Waterloo. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-9691175-1-3.
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    McLaughlin, Kenneth; Jaeger, Sharon (2007). Waterloo: An Illustrated History, 1857–2007. Waterloo: City of Waterloo. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-9691175-1-3.
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    "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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