Paramount Fine Foods Centre

Paramount Fine Foods Centre
Paramount Fine Foods Centre is located in Ontario
Paramount Fine Foods Centre
Paramount Fine Foods Centre
Location in Ontario
Paramount Fine Foods Centre is located in Canada
Paramount Fine Foods Centre
Paramount Fine Foods Centre
Location in Canada
Former namesHershey Centre (1998–2018)
Address5500/5600 Rose Cherry Place
LocationMississauga, Ontario
Coordinates43°37′56″N 79°39′13″W / 43.6323°N 79.6535°W / 43.6323; -79.6535
OwnerCity of Mississauga
OperatorCity of Mississauga
CapacityBasketball 5,400
Hockey: 5,612 (5,420 seated)
Concerts: 7,000
Construction
Broke groundJanuary 1998
OpenedOctober 12, 1998[3]
Construction costC$22 million
($37.9 million in 2023 dollars[1])
ArchitectParkin/ZAS Architects Inc., architects in joint venture[2]
Services engineerThe Mitchell Partnership
General contractorPCL Constructors Canada Inc.[2]
Tenants
Canada World Kabaddi Cup (1998–2012)
Mississauga IceDogs (OHL) (1998–2007)
Toronto ThunderHawks (NPSL) (2000–2001)
Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (OHL) (2007–2012)
Toronto Croatia (CSL) (2007–2010)
Mississauga Eagles FC (CSL) (2011–2013)
Toronto Triumph (LFL Canada) (2012)
Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) (2012–2024)
Mississauga Power (NBL Canada) (2013–2015)
2015 Pan American Games
2015 Parapan American Games
Raptors 905 (NBAGL) (2015–present)
Mississauga MetroStars (MASL) (2018–2019)[4]
Toronto Rock (NLL) (2024–2025; temp)[5]
Canadian Soccer League (2023–present; temp)
Website
paramountfinefoodscentre.com

The Paramount Fine Foods Centre, formerly the Hershey Centre, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment complex located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Its current name was adopted on July 1, 2018, following a new naming rights agreement with Mississauga-based restaurant chain Paramount Fine Foods.[6]

  1. ^ 1688 to 1923: Geloso, Vincent, A Price Index for Canada, 1688 to 1850 (December 6, 2016). Afterwards, Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada tables 18-10-0005-01 (formerly CANSIM 326-0021) "Consumer Price Index, annual average, not seasonally adjusted". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021. and table 18-10-0004-13 "Consumer Price Index by product group, monthly, percentage change, not seasonally adjusted, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  2. ^ a b http://canada.pcl.com/projects/Archived/0900265/index.aspx [permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Toronto Today". Toronto Star. October 12, 1998. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  4. ^ "MASL Announces International Expansion". April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  5. ^ "Toronto Rock will play upcoming season in Hamilton from start to finish!". Toronto Rock web site. September 14, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  6. ^ Raza, Ali (June 30, 2018). "Mississauga's Hershey Centre to be known as Paramount Fine Foods Centre from July 1". The Mississauga News. Retrieved July 2, 2018.