The Lakeshore Lions Arena (Lakeshore Lions Memorial Centre) is a former ice hockey facility in

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, Canada. It was operated in the Long Branch neighbourhood of

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by the Lakeshore Lions Club. It is the former practice facility for the

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NHL hockey team, and the

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AHL farm team. The old arena was a two-storey rink built in 1951 at 300 Birmingham Street. In 2010, it was repurposed as the

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Arts and Media Studio. The Lions opened a new facility, called the MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence, to replace the old arena in fall 2009, located northeast of the original rink, at 400 Kipling Avenue. The club spent three years on negotiations, and on planning.Olga Eremeeva, "Lakeshore to play host to Leafs and Marlies", ''Humber EtCetera'', Toronto: Humber College Journalism program, 26 January 2006. Brian Hoskins, vice-chairman of the arena board told the ''Humber EtCetera'', "This is a sports facility operated by a not-for-profit service club. All the profits go back to the community. We have to have professional tenants to make it work. Our primary time is occupied here by youth hockey. The Leafs are here from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. when we don't have a lot of use of it. That is why it is such a good marriage for us."

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