Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex

The Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex is a recreation facility in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Father David Bauer Drive, west of Uptown. The complex contains the Sun Life Financial Arena, a 4,132-seat multi-purpose arena that is home to the Waterloo Siskins and the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks hockey teams, the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks Major Series Lacrosse team, and the Swimplex, a 30m pool that was the city's first municipally owned indoor pool.

Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex.

Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex

Sun Life Financial Arena
Former names	Waterloo Recreation Complex
Address	101 Father David Bauer Drive Waterloo, Ontario
Coordinates	43°27′52″N 80°31′56″W
Owner	City Of Waterloo
Operator	City Of Waterloo
Capacity	4,400 - Hockey
Field size	Ice Hockey(98.4 ft × 197 ft)
Construction
Opened	1993
Construction cost	$17.6 million[1]
Architect	Parkin Architects Limited[1]
Tenants
Waterloo Siskins (GOJHL),1993-Present Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks hockey,1993-Present Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks Major Series Lacrosse, 2003-2016
Website
www.waterloo.ca/en/things-to-do/waterloo-memorial-recreation-complex.aspx

Construction of the $21 million facility began in December 1991 and the Rec Complex opened in September 1993. The facility was described as the "largest and most expensive project in the city's history".^[2]

While under construction, the site was selected for the 1994 Scott Tournament of Hearts, a Canadian women's curling championship.^[3] It was called the Waterloo Recreation Complex until May 2002, when Memorial was added after the city closed the Waterloo Memorial Arena.^[4]

The building honours the 69 Waterloo residents killed in the two world wars.