The Peterborough Memorial Centre is a 4,329-seat multi-purpose arena in Peterborough, OntarioCanada. It was built in 1956. It is home to the Peterborough PetesIce hockeyteam. An arena is a circular or oval shaped public space (akin to a classical amphitheatre), designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. ... Peterborough (2004 population 74,600) is a city (incoporated in 1905) on the Otonabee River in central-eastern Ontario, Canada. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Peterborough Petes are an OHL team in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... A team comprises any group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. ...
The city of Peterborough also maintains the Peterborough Sports Hall of Fame in the arena, and while a "Hall of Fame" in most OHL cities entails a few portraits on the wall or something similar, in Peterborough they have a full-sized museum.
In addition, Peterborough is as "promotion-heavy" as any OHL building I've been to, and while their promotions announcer is decent, it's a shame for a team as historic as the Petes to play in an atmosphere where they seem like the sideshow at times.
The PeterboroughMemorialCentre underwent a massive renovation over the summer of 2003, which guarantees that Petes hockey will remain in the PMC for years to come.
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