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Downtown arena will be TD Coliseum

By Meredith MacLeod Jun 25, 2025

Oak View Group announced a multi-year naming rights deal Wednesday, while also revealing that an AHL hockey team will be part of the tenant mix beginning in September 2026. Hamilton’s coliseum is back. Just minutes after the official announcement on Wednesday morning that the city’s downtown arena will…

City Life

Matty Matheson opening a restaurant in Hamilton Arena

By Meredith MacLeod May 7, 2025

Our city featured prominently in the Departure music and art festival in Toronto, with the Canadian celebrity chef announced as a food partner in the transformed downtown arena, and panel discussing Hamilton as key to next global music hub. Celebrity chef Matty Matheson is a big fan…

Arts + Culture

JUNOS coming to Hamilton’s downtown arena in 2026

By Meredith MacLeod Mar 20, 2025

Newly transformed and modernized venue will host awards week for the seventh time next March. The first big news for Hamilton’s transforming arena is that the venue will host the 2026 JUNO Awards. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) made the announcement Thursday. Next year…