Sandman Centre
The Sandman Centre (formerly known as Riverside Coliseum and Interior Savings Centre) is a 5,464-seat multi-purpose arena in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. It is home to the Kamloops Blazers ice hockey team. The arena is owned by the City of Kamloops. The current naming rights holder is Sandman Hotels.
The interior as seen in June 2015 | |
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| Former names | Riverside Coliseum (1992–2000) Sport Mart Place (2000–2005) Interior Savings Centre (2005–2015) |
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| Location | 300 Mark Recchi Way Kamloops, British Columbia V2C 1W3 |
| Owner | City of Kamloops |
| Capacity | Ice Hockey: 5,464 Concerts 6,000+ |
| Surface | Multi-surface |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | September 1990 |
| Opened | August 8, 1992 |
| Construction cost | C$18.5 million ($31.2 million in 2021 dollars) |
| Architect | PBK Architects, Inc. Hotson Bakker Architects |
| General contractor | D&T Developments, Ltd. |
| Tenants | |
| Kamloops Blazers (WHL) (1992–present) | |
The Arena is located on Mark Recchi Way, named after the NHL player whose hometown and home team (Blazers) is in Kamloops.
The Sandman Centre was constructed to replace the Kamloops Memorial Arena, built in 1948 and now a historical landmark. The Sandman Centre opened as the Riverside Coliseum in 1992. The Riverside Coliseum was later called Sport Mart Place due to a sponsorship deal with Sport Mart. The deal between Sport Mart and the City of Kamloops expired during the summer of 2005 and a new sponsorship deal resulted in the commercial name Interior Savings Centre.
In the summer and fall of 2005, the Kamloops Blazers Hockey Club, City of Kamloops, and several corporate sponsors constructed new private box seats, increasing the arena's capacity by hundreds of seats.