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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc
Someone should definitely post this in the Canada section! How exciting! A arena that big could have AHL!
Is it an arena/convention centre mix deal?
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Actually, Moncton did have an AHL team for a long time. The
Moncton Hawks played at the current coliseum and actually won the Calder Cup one year. They moved on in the early 1990's and were replaced by the Moncton Wildcats of the QMJHL. The Cats have also been successful, having been to the Memorial Cup twice.
This is proposed as being a multifunction centre, and might possibly have a small comvention centre associated with it. Retail, restaurants, pubs, relocation of the civic library, a hotel and a new transit hub have also been suggested.
This is still early days and nobody knows exactly what will be included in the project yet, but there seems to be a consensus that the minimum seating capacity should be 10,000.