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Originally Posted by esquire
I remember attending my first event in the arena in 1991, a playoff game between the 67s and Belleville Bulls... I distinctly recall how odd the whole layout appeared to me. One side reminded me of the Keystone Centre in Brandon and the other side was the Northlands Coliseum. But it worked. I went back in 2000 for another 67s game and it was weird to look around and think "this used to be a NHL arena"...
As efficient as it may be, I suppose the fact that the two facilities are conjoined twins also creates some real headaches... you can't really do anything significant with one of the venues without affecting the other. It will be interesting to see what happens with it in the near future... I'd be sad to see it get demolished but I could totally understand why that might happen.
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Yes the Civic Centre has NHL-size dimensions on three sides, and often thought if it went all the way around at the same height, it was a perfectly fine old school NHL rink.