{{Short description|Four-pad ice facility in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada}} {{Infobox venue |name=Bell Sensplex |image=Image:Bell sensplex.JPG |location=1565 Maple Grove Road<br />Ottawa, Ontario<br />K2V 1A3 |coordinates={{coord|45.297442|-75.909094|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |opened=December 12, 2004 }} The '''Bell Sensplex''' is a four-pad ice facility, located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is the primary practice facility of the Ottawa Senators NHL team and Ottawa Black Bears of the NLL. In a partnership with the city of Ottawa, it is also used for minor hockey and hosts the annual Bell Capital Cup ice hockey tournament. The Sensplex is located at 1565 Maple Grove Road in the former city of Kanata.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bellsensplex.ca/location.aro |title=Location & Directions |accessdate=March 25, 2008 |publisher=www.bellsensplex.ca |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041214091451/http://www.bellsensplex.ca/location.aro |archivedate=December 14, 2004 }}</ref> It was also the home arena for the Ottawa Lady Senators of the Canadian Women's Hockey League and is the partial home arena of the Kanata Kings of the National Capital Junior Hockey League.
==History== The Senators, in a partnership with the city of Ottawa, built the Bell Sensplex, for community and team use at a cost of {{CAD|25.6 million|link=yes}}. The facility contains three NHL-sized ice rinks, one Olympic-size ice rink and an indoor fieldhouse in its {{Convert|180000|ft2|m2|adj=on}} building. The City of Ottawa provided $1.4 million of the cost to facilitate the construction. The Sensplex ultimately used only $800,000 of the City's funds.<ref name="citizen-cite">{{cite news |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=September 17, 2009 |title=Sensplex to city: keep the change |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/sports/Sensplex+city+keep+change/2004622/story.html}}</ref> The Sensplex opened in December 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bellsensplex.ca/news/nr041212.aro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041229213355/http://www.bellsensplex.ca/news/nr041212.aro |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 29, 2004 |title=Bell Sensplex Officially Opens in Hockey Country |publisher=www.bellsensplex.ca |date=December 12, 2004 |accessdate=March 25, 2008}}</ref>
==Usage== It is used for Senators and Black Bears team practices, minor hockey and short track speed skating. The City of Ottawa buys 2,400 hours of ice time for public use annually.<ref name="citizen-cite"/> The facility is the main arena for the annual Bell Capital Cup, open to ''Atom'' (9–11) and ''Pee-Wee'' (11–13) age group teams, held between Christmas Day and New Year's. The tournament attracts over 500 teams annually and bills itself as "the world's largest hockey tournament."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oihf.net/general_info.aro |title=Bell Capital Cup information |accessdate=December 11, 2007}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.sensplex.ca/ Sensplex]
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Category:Ice hockey venues in Ottawa Category:Ottawa Senators Category:National Hockey League practice facilities Category:Public–private partnership projects in Canada Category:2004 establishments in Ontario Category:Sports venues completed in 2004