Editing Toronto Maple Leafs (section)

=== Home arenas and practice facilities ===
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|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid;"|Home arenas
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! Arena
! Tenure
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| [[Arena Gardens]] || 1917–1931
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| [[Maple Leaf Gardens]] || 1931–1999
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| [[Scotiabank Arena]] || 1999–present
|}
The team's first home was the Arena Gardens, later known as the [[Mutual Street Arena]]. From 1912 until 1931, the Arena was ice hockey's premier site in Toronto.<ref>{{cite book|title=Let's Dance|last=Young|first=Peter|year=2002|publisher=Natural Heritage/Natural History |page=23|isbn=1-896219-02-0}}</ref> The Arena Gardens was the third arena in Canada to feature a mechanically frozen, or artificial, ice surface, and for 11 years was the only such facility in Eastern Canada.<ref>{{cite book|title=Toronto: The Way We Were|year=2008 | last = Filey | first = Mike | page=225 | publisher = [[Dundurn Press]] |isbn=978-1-55002-842-3}}</ref> The Arena was demolished in 1989, with most of the site converted to residential developments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heritagetoronto.org/arena-gardens/|publisher=Heritage Toronto|date=March 6, 2016|title=Arena Gardens|access-date=July 7, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106112742/http://heritagetoronto.org/arena-gardens/|archive-date=January 6, 2017}}</ref> In 2011, parts of the site were made into a city park, known as Arena Gardens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-37996.pdf|title=Proposed renaming of Cathedral Square Park to 'Arena Gardens'|author=Brenda Patterson, General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation|date=May 4, 2011|work=Staff Report|publisher=City of Toronto|access-date=August 10, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016081855/http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-37996.pdf|archive-date=October 16, 2012}}</ref>

[[File:MapleLeafGardens1934.jpg|thumb|alt=High up view of Carlton Street, with Maple Leaf Gardens in the centre.|Opening in 1931, [[Maple Leaf Gardens]] was the home arena for the Maple Leafs from 1931 to 1999.]]
Within a six months in 1931, Conn Smythe built [[Maple Leaf Gardens]] on the northwest corner of Carlton Street and Church Street, for C$1.5&nbsp;million (C${{inflation|CA|1.5|1931|r=1}} million in {{CURRENTYEAR}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heritagetoronto.org/maple-leaf-gardens/|title=Maple Leaf Gardens|work=Heritage Toronto|access-date=July 7, 2017|date=November 29, 2013|last=Boccia|first=Erica|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511173832/http://heritagetoronto.org/maple-leaf-gardens/|archive-date=May 11, 2017}}</ref> The arena soon acquired nicknames including the "Carlton Street Cashbox", and the "Maple Leaf Mint", since the team's games were constantly sold out.<ref>{{cite book|title=Architecture on Ice: A History of the Hockey Arena|last=Shubert|first=Howard|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|year=2016|pages=95–96|isbn=978-0-7735-4813-8}}</ref> The Maple Leafs won 11 Stanley Cups while playing at the Gardens. The first annual [[NHL All-Star Game]] was also held at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1947.<ref>{{cite book|title=NHL All-star Game: 50 Years of the Great Tradition|last=Podnieks|first=Andrew|page=23|year=2000|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=0-00-200058-X}}</ref> The Gardens opened on November 12, 1931, with the Maple Leafs losing 2–1 to the Chicago Blackhawks.<ref name=LEA30 /> On February 13, 1999, the Maple Leafs played their last game at the Gardens, also suffering a 6–2 loss to the Blackhawks.{{sfn|Shea|Wilson|2016|p=303–304}} The building is presently used as a multi-purpose facility, with a [[Loblaws]] grocery store occupying retail space on the lower floors, [[Joe Fresh]] and [[LCBO]] occupying another floor, and an athletics arena for Ryerson University (now [[Toronto Metropolitan University]]) occupying the topmost level.<ref>{{cite news|title=Maple Leaf Gardens: From Shrine to Supermarket|first=Dana|last=Flavelle|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/companies/article/1092943--maple-leaf-gardens-from-shrine-to-supermarket|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|date=November 25, 2011|access-date=November 25, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128055357/http://www.thestar.com/business/companies/article/1092943--maple-leaf-gardens-from-shrine-to-supermarket|archive-date=November 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mattamyathleticcentre.ca/arena-info|title=Mattamy Athletic Centre – Venue Info|publisher=Mattamy Athletic Centre|access-date=January 22, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222133028/http://www.mattamyathleticcentre.ca/arena-info|archive-date=December 22, 2013}}</ref>

The Maple Leafs presently use two facilities in the City of Toronto. The club moved from the Gardens on February 20, 1999, to their current home arena, Air Canada Centre, later renamed [[Scotiabank Arena]], a multi-purpose indoor entertainment arena on [[Bay Street]] in the [[South Core, Toronto|South Core]] neighbourhood of [[Downtown Toronto]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theaircanadacentre.com/about/History.asp |title=History |publisher=Air Canada Centre |access-date=April 21, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613185141/http://www.theaircanadacentre.com/about/History.asp |archive-date=June 13, 2011}}</ref> The arena is owned by the Maple Leafs' parent company MLSE and is shared with the NBA's Toronto Raptors (another MLSE subsidiary), as well as the [[National Lacrosse League]]'s [[Toronto Rock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaircanadacentre.com/about/Facts.asp|title=Facts – The Air Canada Centre|publisher=Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment|access-date=July 7, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615115148/http://www.theaircanadacentre.com/about/Facts.asp|archive-date=June 15, 2017}}</ref> In addition to the main arena, the Maple Leafs also operate a practice facility at the [[Ford Performance Centre]]. The facility was opened in 2009 and operated by the [[Lions Clubs International|Lakeshore Lions Club]] until September 2011, when the City of Toronto took over ownership of the facility after the Lions Club faced financial difficulties. The facility now operates as a City of Toronto-controlled corporation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2011/06/21/lakeshore_lions_arena_rescued_city_backtracks_on_naming_rights.html|title=Lakeshore Lions Arena rescued, city backtracks on naming rights|first1=Robyn|last1=Doolittle|first2=David|last2=Rider|date=June 21, 2011|work=Toronto Star|publisher=Torstar Corporation|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803212001/https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2011/06/21/lakeshore_lions_arena_rescued_city_backtracks_on_naming_rights.html|archive-date=August 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=LionsC>{{cite web|url=https://lakeshorearena.ca/|title=Mastercard Centre for Hockey Excellence|publisher=Lakeshore Arena Corporation|access-date=July 7, 2017|year=2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710211633/https://lakeshorearena.ca/|archive-date=July 10, 2017}}</ref> The facility was known as the Mastercard Centre for Hockey Excellence until 2019 when it was renamed the Ford Performance Centre. The facility has three NHL rinks and one Olympic-sized rink.<ref name="LionsC" />

On January 1, 2017, the Maple Leafs played the Detroit Red Wings in a home game at [[BMO Field]], an outdoor multipurpose stadium at [[Exhibition Place]], home to Leafs owner MLSE's other teams: the Toronto FC and the Toronto Argonauts. Known as the [[NHL Centennial Classic]], the [[NHL outdoor games|outdoor game]] served as a celebration for both the centennial season of the franchise and the NHL.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/leafs-red-wings-centennial-1.3917711|title=Centennial Classic lives up to billing as Leafs down Red Wings in OT|last=Siegel|first=Jonas|work=CBC Sports|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=January 2, 2017|access-date=January 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305114845/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/leafs-red-wings-centennial-1.3917711|archive-date=March 5, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>