Mutual Street Arena, initially called Arena Gardens or just the Arena, was an ice hockey arena and sports and entertainment venue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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10 Facts About Arena Gardens
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Arena Gardens was used for musical concerts, gatherings and other sporting events, including professional boxing, cycling, wrestling, and tennis.
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Arena Gardens opened with a performance by Nathan Franko's Orchestra on October 7,1912, supporting a recital by Alice Neville, soprano of the Metropolitan Opera, tenor Orville Harold and a company of opera singers from the Boston Opera Company organized by Neville.
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Until 1923, the Arena Gardens was the only facility east of Manitoba with artificial ice-making capability.
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Some names that Mickailof presented at the Arena Gardens included Strangler Lewis and Toots Mondt, as well as reigning world champions Gus Sonnenberg, Ed Don George, Henri Deglane, Jim Londos, Ali Baba, Vic Christie, Everett Marshall and Billy Weidner, who all defended their titles at the Arena Gardens.
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Arena Gardens hosted the Memorial Cup finals nine times from 1919 to 1931.
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In 1938, the Arena Gardens was leased to Edward "Ted" Dickson who turned it into a recreation facility offering ice skating in winter and roller skating in summer.
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The Arena Gardens was renamed "The Terrace", a name it kept until it was sold in 1988.
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