Stands where the Midland Arena Gardens opened in 1931; the present centre was completed in 2004
The Bourgeois Community Centre stands where the Midland Arena Gardens once did. Opened in 1931, that arena was regarded as one of the most modern buildings of its kind in Canada, with a reinforced roof that did away with interior pillars. Besides hockey and skating, it hosted musical performances and wrestling matches featuring Whipper Billy Watson.
A fire during a renovation project in the summer of 1976 ended the building, and the Midland Centennial Arena replaced it two years later. The present centre was completed in 2004 as the North Simcoe Sports and Recreation Centre.
It is a fully accessible 118,000-square-foot facility with two NHL-sized ice surfaces, a double gymnasium, event spaces and the Midland Sports Hall of Fame. The Town of Midland and Bourgeois Auto Group have renamed it the Bourgeois Community Centre under a 10-year naming rights agreement. The centre stays Town-owned and Town-operated, and the plaques for those who helped build it in 2004 remain in place.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Saturday and Sunday public skating and Parent and Tot Skating cost CA$3 for adults, CA$2 for children 12 and under and CA$8 for a family per skate; the adult/senior and pre-school skates are CA$40 for a season pass or CA$2 per skate, and shinny and sledge hockey sessions are CA$5.
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The Town runs a Pre-school Skate on Tuesdays and Thursdays 11 am to 12:15 pm and a Parent and Tot Skating session on Sundays 1 to 2 pm for young children and their families.
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The Bourgeois Community Centre is described by the Town as fully accessible, and the arena rentals page lists it as fully wheelchair accessible.
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A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.
