BioSteel Centre
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| Location | 30 British Columbia Road Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6K 3C3 |
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| Owner | City of Toronto |
| Operator | Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment |
| Field size | 68,000 sq ft |
| Construction | |
| Opened | February 10, 2016 |
| Construction cost | $30 million |
| Architect | Guernsey Architects (lead architect) Baldwin & Franklin (supporting architects) |
| General contractor | EllisDon |
| Tenants | |
| Toronto Raptors Canada Basketball |
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The BioSteel Centre is a state-of-the-art basketball practice facility in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Opened on February 10, 2016,[1] the facility is home to the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association, and operated by the team's owner, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment.
The 68,000-square-foot (6,300 m2) facility boasts two full size basketball courts, locker rooms, training and medical facilities, player amenities, and a "technologically advanced cognitive operations centre" powered by IBM Watson, which consolidates and analyzes data from many sources and represented through the centre's interactive displays and on mobile devices.[1]
History
In November 2013, it was reported that MLSE had contracted an architect to design a new practice facility for the Raptors.[2] The team had trained on a practice court located in the ACC since its opening in 1999, and a new facility would allow this space to be repurposed into a restaurant or nightclub.[2][3] An agreement was reached with the City of Toronto to construct the facility at the city-owned Exhibition Place.[4] It will feature two courts, one of which will be open to the public,[5][6] and Canada Basketball will also use the facility.[6][7]
MLSE will pay the entire $30 million construction cost and lease the property from the city for $205,000 annually, subject to reassessments for inflation, for a 20-year term, with two options to extend it by a further 10 years, following which the city would take ownership of the building.[5][8] MLSE has requested that the city exempt the portion of the facility that is available to the public (32%) from city taxes.[5][8] Construction was scheduled to begin in November 2014,[5][6] with the facility completed in time for the team's hosting of the NBA All-Star Game in February 2016.[3][7][9]
The proposal was approved by the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place on August 14,[10] the Executive Committee of the City of Toronto on August 20,[11][12] and the Toronto City Council on August 25.[13][14][15]
In November 2015 it was announced that the facility would be named the BioSteel Centre, after corporate sponsor BioSteel Sports Nutrition Inc..[16][17]
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