TORONTO — Fans at Scotiabank Arena for concerts or Toronto Maple Leafs and Raptors games will notice bigger, brighter walkways and more technology these days. But the venue remains a work in progress.
TORONTO — Fans at Scotiabank Arena for concerts or Toronto Maple Leafs and Raptors games will notice bigger, brighter walkways and more technology these days.Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment is halfway through the second phase of its $350-million four-phase renovation to the arena that opened in February 1999.
Concourses have been slightly widened, by stealing space from washrooms . Directional signage is also clearer."We really wanted the space to be even more inclusive than it has already been in the past," said Eaves.Construction will continue through the regular season on the south side of the 100 level. And the next phase of the so-called arena, scheduled for next summer, will see similar upgrades to the 300 level.
Scotiabank Arena had the smallest retail footprint of any NHL or NBA venue —"a function of the real estate we had," explained Eaves. For the well-heeled, there's the new MNP Pass Social Club on the event level, essentially a tunnel club that features a brand new 220-capacity restaurant next to the glassed-in player tunnel that the Leafs will use to take to the ice. To make room for the facility, 16 existing event-level"bunker" suites were removed with suite-holders offered first crack at membership in the new club, which includes two private rooms for parties.
BMO Field has a similar Tunnel Club for Toronto FC games, as does New York's Madison Square Garden, Seattle's Lumen Field and Detroit's Little Caesars Arena, among other venues.Last-minutes work was underway on the arena renovations this week ahead of a media tour Friday and the Leafs' home opener Saturday against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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