Toledo Sports Arena

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The Toledo Sports Arena is a 5,230-seat multi-purpose arena in Toledo, Ohio. It was built in 1949. It is home to the Toledo Storm Ice hockey team, and in 2007 will be home to the Toledo Rumble indoor football team.

As a concert venue, the Sports Arena can seat 6,500, and for theater concerts and stage shows, 4,400. The arena seats up to 8,250 for boxing and wrestling, and the arena is only 33-2/3 feet tall. In the past, the Sports Arena has been home to the following ice hockey teams:

Toledo Buckeyes (1949-1950)
Toledo Mercurys (1950-1962)
Toledo Blades (1963-1970)
Toledo Hornets (1970-1974)
Toledo Goaldiggers (1974-1986)
Toledo Storm (1991-present)

Attached to the Sports Arena is an exhibit hall that accommodates 30,000 square feet of space; when combined with the Sports Arena's 20,000 square feet of arena floor space, it's a total of 50,000 square feet of exhibit and trade show space. The exhibit hall can accommodate 2,500 for concerts and meetings and 1,800 for banquets. In addition there are three meeting rooms totaling 5,000 square feet of space.

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[TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA]

Current arenas in the ECHL
American Conference		National Conference
Arena at Gwinnett Center \| Augusta Civic Center \| Bi-Lo Center \| Cambria County War Memorial Arena \| Carolina Coliseum \| St. Lawrence Homes Home Ice \| Ford Arena¹ \| Germain Arena \| North Charleston Coliseum \| Nutter Center \| Pensacola Civic Center \| Sovereign Bank Arena \| Sovereign Center \| Toledo Sports Arena \| U.S. Bank Arena² \| WesBanco Arena		E Center \| iPayOne Center \| Long Beach Sports Arena \| Orleans Arena \| Qwest Arena \| Rabobank Arena \| Save Mart Center \| Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre\| Stockton Arena \| Sullivan Arena \| US Airways Center
¹ * The Ford Bank Arena will be the home of the Texas Wildcatters starting in 2006.
² The U.S. Bank Arena will be the home of the Cincinnati Cyclones starting in 2006.

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