The ice has come back to Maple Leaf Gardens.
This week, the ice has begun to gel once again in the storied space at Carlton and Church, part of a $72.5-million project to make the space into the sports facility Ryerson never had.
The new rink is on the third floor, above the Loblaws on the ground floor and the LCBO on the second. When it’s complete, it’ll seat 2,600 for hockey, and more for other ice sports with seating possible on the floor. The third floor is also home to the new volleyball courts, the floors of which have just been laid. They'll take four to five weeks to settle, roughly the same time it’ll take for the ice to set next door.
Michael Forbes of Ryerson’s public affairs department says work started in December 2009. There’ll be an opening ceremony in August, with the official grand opening on September 6, in time for the new academic session.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Michael Forbes