Since the 1992-93 season, the Ottawa Senators have played in the NHL. Throughout an NHL team's history, some teams could get to have multiple arenas to call home.
Old arenas and building new arenas can influence a team on where to play. In Senators history, some people might think the team has only played in one arena, but that's false.
The Senators have played in two arenas in franchise history, but one arena has gone by a couple of names. But, some might wonder what are the former names and two arenas the Senators have played in.
Arena history of Senators since 1992
The first arena the Senators called home was Ottawa Civic Centre. The arena first opened in 1966 and was named Ottawa Civic Centre until 2009, then the arena was named back to Ottawa Civic Centre in 2012. Today, the arena is called TD Place Arena.
The Senators called Ottawa Civic Centre home for the first three full seasons of the team's existence. However, in January 1996, the Senators left Ottawa Civic Centre to move into what is now called Canadian Tire Centre, where they've been playing their home games ever since. But, some fans might not know that the arena wasn't always called Canadian Tire Centre.
When the Senators moved into their new arena in 1996 in the Ottawa suburbs of Kanata, the arena was then named "The Palladium." Then in February 1996, the arena was then renamed to "Corel Centre."
Corel Centre would be the name of the arena for almost a whole decade. Then in January 2006, Corel Centre was then renamed to "Scotiabank Place." However, Scotiabank Place wouldn't last for almost a decade unlike Corel Centre.
In the Summer of 2013, Canadian Tire would then take over for the Senators arena. Some may have seen the name change come as a shock as Scotiabank and the Senators agreed on a 15-year deal in 2006. Since the 2013-14 season, the Senators have played home games with the arena name being under "Canadian Tire Centre."
A new arena for the Senators will be built over the next couple of years when the team relocates to LeBrenton Flats in downtown Ottawa. Moving to downtown could help not only the Senators draw bigger crowds at games, but also help draw more events to Ottawa in the future.