Toronto - Entertainment District

The Air Canada Centre is Toronto's newest sports stadium and is home of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Toronto Raptors.

The Air Canada Centre also houses a wide variety of shows, concerts, and special events throughout the year.

Through interactive displays the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Museum, operating since 1936, in Toronto traces the history of the CBC. Rotating special exhibitions are also featured.

Toronto's Massey Hall is internationally recognized and is one of Canada's most famous venues. Massey Hall is a concert hall which plays host to a wide variety of music and other shows. In the past, Massey Hall has hosted a variety of events including boxing matches, weddings, and tournaments.

The Metro Toronto Convention Centre features over 600,000 square feet of space and includes, among other things - a 1,330-seat theatre, two carpeted ballrooms, exhibition areas, and 64 meeting rooms. Located in the heart of downtown Toronto, most of the large scale international shows are held here.

The Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto was built by father and son David and Ed Mirvish in 1993. The theatre is privately funded and is the first to be so in Canada in almost 100 years. The theatre was opened with the production of Miss Saigon.

Beyond the Opera House the circular Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto was designed by the famous architect Arthur Erickson. The concert hall is known throughout Canada for the excellence of its acoustics.
Roy Thomson Hall underwent some major renovations in the early 2000s which greatly enhanced structure.

The 93 year old Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto was originally built by Cawthra Mulock and is the only North American theatre to be truly 'royal' as permission to name the theatre was granted by King Edward VII and his Queen Alexandra. The theatre was bought by Ed Mirvish in 1962, closed for a period of one year for thorough renovation and then re-opened. In 1987, on it's 80th birthday, the theatre was named a National Historic Monument.