You can definitely feel the history in this place…read more Despite being an older facility, the Brampton Memorial Arena is a great venue for sporting events and the like. I ended up visiting here for the final game of the 2017 Minto Cup series and was very impressed with the overall experience. This arena evokes memories of the 70s -- an old-school snack bar, wooden benches that have been repainted multiple times and have to be folded down to sit on, that old brick masonry that befits a building like this... it's a great place to sit and watch a game. The venue is a bit deceptive, in that it can seat nearly 1,400 people. It just doesn't look like it from first glance. I'm not sure if I've ever been in an arena this raucous. Considering that the arena is smack dab in the middle of a residential neighborhood, the walls nearly blew down with how much people were screaming. The game I watched had two teams, the Coquitlam Adanacs and Six Nations Arrows, battling it out. In the end, the game was a complete blowout - the Arrows won 8-3. Speaking from the perspective of someone who was covering the event, there's a definite pecking order to the place. The press box is incredibly crowded and not suited for anyone who's casually covering an event. I had a family whining at me because I was in the stands taking photos (that said, I will never be intimidated by someone trying to tell me how to do my job). Some photographers seem to lord themselves over everyone else, and you can't go into certain places (even with a media pass) without approval, despite others being able to do so whenever they want. That said, the experience was a memorable one, and I will most likely be back in the future to cover more games and championships. If you haven't seen the Minto Cup in person, you really should visit the arena - it's even older than the Stanley Cup! Brampton Memorial Arena is well worth the visit. Come for the games, stay for the history.

My childhood arena, many great times spent here. Last week…read morewas there for the alumni game and junior B home opener. Concessions were horrible. Nothing left for home opener. No popcorn, 2 hotdogs and 1 slice of pizza. Young lady had an oh well i don't care attitude. Lots of people wanting and nothing to buy.... Tonight 2nd home game next young lady sweet and polite. No popcorn no pizza hotdogs being made. Visiting teams and spectators went hungry. Not a good showing of our hospitality

Not to be confused with MLK Arena, which is named after something much more important than a…read morehousing listing website or the soccer league of North America. This is actually not the home of an MLS team or anything MLS related, weirdly enough. It's a small ice hockey stadium and a nice one. And it has a bar with good food as well. Nice service and friendly. So definitely a pretty good place to come and watch a hockey game. Although it's definitely of the amateur and smaller variety.

They have an ice rink for hockey, decent size and a huge indoor dome…read more One of the coldest domes I've been to. They have a heater which is on one side of the dome and the other 3 sides of the dome was freeeeeeeezing. If you have games here in the Winter time, do pack blankets and wear lots of layers! It was much warmer in my car than the dome =/ They do have a place to eat there as well. A bar that is open 24/7 with great food. The service there is impeccable! Despite people falling asleep in their chairs and around their tables, they walk around with a huge smile on their face! Great food and great drinks. Washrooms, not as great. Pretty standard and somewhat clean. Not their fault, lots of people have been going in and out using the washrooms all weekend during the tournaments. With that being said, there should have been someone checking the washrooms and taking out the garbage, filling toliet paper rolls, etc. That's it for now. Later fellow yelpers!

First time coming to this skating arena. The building is very big with lots of parking. The size of…read morethe arena is decent. Definitely would come back again with my family!

I was recently at Iroquois Park Complex. It wasn't for sports. I was here meeting up with friends…read morefor lunch at BarDown Gastropub. It's the only restaurant at this sports complex that operates separately from the concessions stands at the complex itself. This sports centre is Canada's largest municipally owned and operated recreation facility. It's huge, as it houses six arenas. Many hockey teams are here to practise and play, including the Whitby Wildcats. It also has two indoor pools. BarDown Gastropub is great if you want to grab a bite to eat before or after a game. Our group wasn't here for sports, so it works for lunch and dinner. The food is excellent. It also houses the largest screen in Whitby to see the latest sports games. Since the City of Whitby owns this property, it has a contract with Pepsi. You get Pepsi products at concession stands, vending machines, and BarDown Gastropub. There are banquet and meeting rooms that you can rent. It also has a pro shop to get your skates sharpened and athletic training facilities. When it's warmer outside, this place has six tennis courts, five baseball diamonds, and a soccer field open. It's huge here. There is lots of parking. It's free. I was here with friends on a Sunday afternoon. This sports complex is open every day from 8:30 am till roughly 8:30 pm. If you have a water bottle, you can fill it up at the water bottle fill-up station. It was nice checking this place out briefly. It's cool and a valuable asset to Whitby and beyond. (79)

In terms of watching pro league tennis in Toronto this stadium is always the default venue where…read moregames are played at, and it always switches every year between the men and women. For example, this year (2017), the venue hosted the WTA tour while Montreal hosted the ATP. Next year it will switch around. This was my second time visiting the stadium for the WTA, and just like the first time I enjoyed my visit here and the matches I got to see in the semi-finals for the women. In terms of the stadium it's a nice venue overall. Clean and well-kept, so no complaints there, however, if there is one area I think could be improved upon greatly it would be the concession prices. There just way to high in my opinion and I will gladly always wait to eat outside the stadium versus inside. I'm sure that won't change anytime soon, but it's worth noting nonetheless.

Growing up, I was never one for tennis. I remember getting a racket one year as a present and I…read morethink my lack of coordination or patience to learn prevented me from ever picking up the sport. As I got older, I realized I liked watching it a lot more than I ever did playing it, but as the years went on I even learned to hit and serve. I like the sport a lot now and love to go watch it on a warm, sunny day. One of the best facilities to watch a pro match is at the Rexall Tennis Centre up at York University. Besides getting scorched by the sun in the nosebleeds that have no shade coverage whatsoever, the stands are vast and can seat thousands of fans. I was lucky one summer to score some box seats and the comfort and service was spectacular! Like any arena/stadium-like event venue, there are dozens of concession stands and beer gardens and souvenir shops to satisfy any sweet touch or beer belly in the place. The Rogers Cup is hosted there every summer and the top ranked players in the world come to wow the crowds. A very great aspect of the Rogers Cup at the Rexall Centre are the semi-private courts that allow fans to get up close and personal to their favourite players and watch them practice. There were autograph sessions and swag give-a-ways and tennis fans and tag-a-longs alike seemed to have a great time! If you like playing or watching tennis, you should check out the Rexall Centre for the Rogers Cup or any other tournament or event. They also have concerts and business shows and events there from time to time. Parking is located directly across the tennis centre and the lot is HUGE, so no worries on not finding a spot. The only thing I can say against the Rexall Centre is the security. Yes, they were just doing their job but I didn't appreciate getting accosted for my half empty juice bottle. *sniff, sniff, ok, carry on ma'am. THAT was not necessary!

Elgin Barrow is the #1 rink in Richmond Hill. It's the home ice for all local rep teams: Stars,…read moreKings, Coyotes. The town's hockey office is here too, right behind the spectators seats of the main ice pad. The main rink has enough seats to host a Jr A or an OHL game. Alas, there is no JrA or OHL team in Richmond Hill. Hence these seats probably never get warm. The way this rink is built, the pillars and columns supporting the roof may block the view for those sitting the upper rows, which is a minus. That's just the way they used to build rinks bank in the day. The arena is warmer than most yet the ice is of decent quality. They have recently renovated the entire arena and the rink has received a sound proofing upgrade. Now it's not as echoey and noisy as before. The secondary rink has only a couple of small benches for the spectators. You can also watch the game or the practice through the glass from the hallway upstairs. The snack shop is usually open and offers coffee, tea and a limited variety of snacks. The pro shop is hardly ever works. At least I have not seen it open in a long while. There is one or two party rooms that are frequently booked for birthdays and other events. There are a few parking spots near the main entrance. There is a time limit there and the town is quick to write a ticket (don't ask me how I know LOL). There is a huge parking lot behind the building, in between the arena and the baseball diamond. And even more parking across the street.

A moment of nostalgia overcame me when, during a random yelp search, I came across this Yelp…read morelisting. As a kid growing up in Richmond Hill, this was minor league hockey Mecca. I can still recall getting my house league hockey assignments in novice and atom and knowing that the games would be in either Elgin Mills East or Elgin Mills west arena. As mentioned already, one side is definitely meant for the likes of a junior team, a seemingly larger ice surface, and tons of seating (far more than a gang of parents huddled together watching a 6am practice can fill). Having a game here as a youngster was like being drafter and playing in the NHL. The other side (much smaller) was meant for younger teams, house league, summer hockey, etc. While the spectator areas were limited, the best seats in the house were from the enclosed viewing deck above. Funny story about the latter, I was once playing goalie in house league and had been just told about the aggressive style of play of the once great Ron Hextal... I took the story far too literally and leveled a kid on the other team with an unsuspecting goalie paddle to the back. Ohhhh boy. Somehow I avoided getting into trouble Ha ha. But you can be the didn't come near MY crease ever again. Glad to hear it's received some much needed renovations as even playing here as a 7-10 year old in the early '90s I could tell the place needed work. But it was home, it's where I got my start and if I'm lucky enough to have kids one day, I'd love to see them play here one day (even if it's just a visiting game). How's that for a #TBT style review.

Attended 3 concerts (Baby Monster, Dua Lipa, Demi Lovato)…read more The arena was pretty easy to get to. Seating was pretty good. Food (naturally expensive) and merch was pretty easy get and find. Downside is the water fountains. I feel like there won't many (at least ones with water bottle refill stations).

This was honestly such a fun place to catch a game. I went on a Thursday night to watch the Toronto…read moreRaptors and the whole experience was just amazing from start to finish, especially because they got the win! The arena itself is right in the heart of downtown, so the whole area around it already feels super alive before you even walk in. There's people everywhere, jerseys, food spots nearby, and just that pre-game energy that makes it so fun. Inside, it was packed but in a good way, like full energy, loud, exciting, everyone already hyped before tip-off. I had seats in the 300 level and honestly I don't even think that's a bad thing at all. The view from up there is actually really solid, you can see the whole court properly and the energy from the crowd feels even more spread out and intense. Service-wise, everything was pretty organized. It was busy, so lines and movement around the concourse can get a bit crowded at times, but nothing unexpected for a Raptors game night. Once you're settled in your seat though, it's smooth and you can just focus on the game. Overall, I'd 100% recommend going at least once if you're in Toronto. It's not just about basketball, it's the full experience: the crowd, the energy, the location, and just being part of that atmosphere. Even from the 300s, it still feels like a really good seat. Definitely one of those experiences that's way more fun in person than on TV.

Like many Yelp'ers, I would hardly consider myself a regular at the TRANZAC Club. I come here once…read morea year for Queen's Players (Queen's as in the university and not the borough in New York). It's a-ok. The bathrooms are a tad nasty .... the low-quality beer's reasonable .... the space can accommodate a significant number of people. Anyway, this place (when I go to see the Queen's Players) is an escape to a time when I was a naive, carefree university student at Queen's.

An interesting and eclectic venue. The only place to find Bluegrass, Celtic music, book launches,…read morelive theater and more. The bar and smaller stage in the front is usually open and doesn't require cover, while most other events on the main stage do. The bar also servers a variety of delicious pints including Mill Street and St Ambroise. Its a good spot to for a drink if you want to see something esoteric.

Wow. I live this place so much. My daughter so much fun playing with all the kids here. The…read morewaterpark is so much fun.

This was one of 3 arenas you would play or practice in if you grew up in Richmond Hill in their…read moreminor hockey league system. Typically Ed Sackfield was reserved for practices and the odd Select level team game against visiting teams. It has ample parking, lots of enclosed, heated viewing spaces for parents, and a fair amount of stands. I recall in the 90s that Ed Sackfield was kind of like the fancy arena, it was newer, slicker, had automatic doors (fancy fancy). The issues here were ventilation and figure skaters. Due to the larger ice surface here, it was prime training space for Figure Skaters and there was seldom a game where you didn't go ass over tea kettle from hitting a divot in the ice caused by a pair of figure skate toe picks. As for ventilation, there were many many instances where I developed severe headaches and asthma like symptoms within the first 20-30 minutes of stepping on the ice here after the Zamboni had cleaned the ice. Either the machine had issues or the exhaust was not being properly ventilated, and at the time I wasn't alone, others I played with exhibited similar symptoms. It's been a long time since I've been back so I'm sure those issues are all but remedied at this point. Would love to bring my kid here for skating one day