7-553: Crescent Arena , also known as Crescent Rink and Saskatoon Arena , was an indoor arena in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan . Crescent Rink was built in the late 1910s on Spadina Crescent East in downtown Saskatoon. This was the site of the former Auditorium Roller Rink, a hardwood-floor rink that could be repurposed for curling ; the Roller Rink had opened in 1910 but burned down in 1914. Crescent Rink opened in 1920, and it became
14-414: A large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators, and may be covered by a roof. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the lowest point, allowing maximum visibility. Arenas are usually designed to accommodate a multitude of spectators. The word derives from Latin harena , a particularly fine-grained sand that covered the floor of ancient arenas such as
21-476: Is also the sport of indoor American football (one variant of which is explicitly known as arena football), a variant of the outdoor game that is designed for the usual smaller playing surface of most arenas; variants of other traditionally outdoor sports, including box lacrosse as well as futsal and indoor soccer , also exist. The term "arena" is also used loosely to refer to any event or type of event which either literally or metaphorically takes place in such
28-628: The Colosseum in Rome , Italy, to absorb blood. The term arena is sometimes used as a synonym for a very large venue such as Pasadena's Rose Bowl , but such a facility is typically called a stadium . The use of one term over the other has mostly to do with the type of event. Football (be it association , rugby , gridiron , Australian rules , or Gaelic ) is typically played in a stadium, while basketball , volleyball , handball , and ice hockey are typically played in an arena, although many of
35-809: The home of the Saskatoon Sheiks professional hockey team, which played in the Western Canada Hockey League from 1921 to 1926 and the Prairie Hockey League from 1926 to 1928. After briefly relocating to Moose Jaw during the 1921–22 season , the team returned to Saskatoon and was known as the Saskatoon Crescents for the 1922–23 season before readopting the Sheiks name. The Sheiks won the last Prairie Hockey League championship in 1928. Crescent Rink
42-588: The larger arenas hold more spectators than do the stadiums of smaller colleges or high schools. There are exceptions. The home of the Duke University men's and women's basketball teams would qualify as an arena, but the facility is called Cameron Indoor Stadium . Domed stadiums, which, like arenas, are enclosed but have the larger playing surfaces and seating capacities found in stadiums, are generally not referred to as arenas in North America. There
49-463: Was demolished in 1932 to make way for the construction of the Broadway Bridge , a Depression relief-work project. A replacement for Crescent Rink, Saskatoon Arena , opened in 1937, two blocks to the west. Arena An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre , musical performances , and/or sporting events . It is composed of
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