Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre

Venue info

The Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre (SOFMC) is an indoor arena located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and is the largest arena in British Columbia outside of Vancouver. It is primarily used for ice hockey (home arena of the Victoria Royals of WHL), concerts and other special events such as figure skating, curling, plays, trade shows and conferences. It was also opened for public ice skating on special occasions; sometimes the public can skate with the Victoria Salmon Kings players after some of the games. The building also features a fine dining restaurant (Kings Feast), retail & meeting space. Shaw Communications has a TV studio on the main floor and it groove Professional Services shares office space with the arena and Salmon Kings personnel. It occupies the site of the former Victoria Memorial Arena as its successor facility. It is located within 10–15 minutes walking distance from the other Downtown Victoria landmarks such as: Chinatown, Bay Centre shopping, and Market Square. It was completed in 2005 and has a maximum seating capacity of 7,400. It replaced the aging and outdated Memorial Arena, also known as the "Barn on Blanshard" (rectangular with a curved roof, resembled a barn or aircraft hangar) which had been constructed in 1949. The first event to be held at the new arena was a Rod Stewart concert, one in which Rod and his performers came out on stage in hardhats and orange safety vests, poking fun at the fact the arena wasn't totally completed at the time. Located on the site of the venerable Victoria Memorial Arena the state of the art 7,400 seat facility was the home to the 32nd franchise in the ECHL (www.echl.com), Victoria Salmon Kings, world-class concerts and sporting events until 2011. The Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre features more than 1,000 Club and King Club Seats, a fine dining restaurant, a Club lounge, retail space, meeting space, superior sightlines & world-class acoustics. E-mail: info@saveonfoodsmemorialcentre.com