Season's Greetings!!
Season's Greetings from the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame!!
Did you know that the original Victoria Arena, located at Cadboro Bay Rd. and Epworth St. was built at a cost of $110,000. There was great excitement in Victoria at the official opening on Christmas Day, 1911. It was a glorious afternoon and 600 skaters skated to a live band on the first artificial ice rink in Canada.
A week later on Jan 2 1912, the Victoria Senators played the New Westminster Royals in the first pro hockey game played in an artificial ice arena.
Here is a view of the Patrick Arena:
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