Editing Mutual Street Arena (section)

{{Short description|Arena}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = Mutual Street Arena
| nickname = Arena Gardens <br> The Arena<br>The Terrace
| image = [[File:Mutual Street Arena interior.jpg|200px]]
| fullname = 
| location = 68–88 Mutual Street,<br>[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| coordinates = {{coord|43|39|21|N|79|22|32|W|display=inline,title}}
| broke_ground = 
| built = 
| opened = 1912
| renovated = 
| expanded = 
| closed = 
| demolished = 1989
| owner = The Arena Gardens of Toronto, Limited<ref name="shares-offering">{{cite news |work=The Globe |title=Shares Offering |date=March 6, 1912 |page=12}}</ref>
| operator = 
| surface = mechanically frozen ice
| construction_cost = {{CAD|500,000|link=yes}}
| architect = Ross and McFarlane of Montreal{{sfn|Podnieks|1995|p=1}}<ref name="shares-offering"/>
| structural engineer = 
| services engineer = 
| general_contractor = Peter Lyall & Sons Limited<ref name="shares-offering"/>
| project_manager = 
| main_contractors = 
| former_names = Arena Gardens (name at opening)
| tenants = [[Toronto Tecumsehs]] ([[National Hockey Association|NHA]]) (1912-1913)<br>[[Toronto Blueshirts]] (NHA) (1912-1917)<br>[[Toronto Ontarios]] (NHA) (1913-1914)<br>[[Toronto Shamrocks]] (NHA) (1914-1915)<br>[[Toronto Aura Lee]], ([[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA]]) (1916-1926)<br>Toronto 228th Battalion (NHA) (1916-1917)<br>[[Toronto Arenas|Torontos/Toronto Arenas]]/[[Toronto St. Pats|St. Pats]]/[[Toronto Maple Leafs|Maple Leafs]] ([[National Hockey League|NHL]]) (1917-1931)<br>[[Toronto Marlboros]] (1926-1931)<br>Toronto Falcons ([[International Hockey League (1929-1936)|IHL]]) (1929-1930)<br>Toronto Tecumsehs (ILL)<br>Toronto Maple Leafs (ILL) (1931)
| seating_capacity = seated: 6,000<br/>standing: 7,500 (hockey)
| dimensions = 
}}

'''Mutual Street Arena,''' initially called '''Arena Gardens''' or just the '''Arena''', was an ice hockey arena and sports and entertainment venue in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada. From 1912 until 1931, with the opening of [[Maple Leaf Gardens]], it was the premier site of [[ice hockey]] in Toronto, being home to teams from the [[National Hockey Association]] (NHA), the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), the [[Ontario Hockey Association]] (OHA) and the [[International Hockey League (1929-1936)|International Hockey League]] (IHL).  It was the first home of the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], who played at the arena under various names for their first 13½ seasons. The Arena Gardens was the third rink in Canada to feature a mechanically frozen or 'artificial' ice surface (both [[Patrick Arena]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]] and [[Denman Arena]] in [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]] opened in 1911), and for eleven years was the only such facility in eastern Canada. In 1923, it was the site of the first radio broadcast of an ice hockey game, the first radio broadcast of an NHL game, and the first broadcast of an ice hockey game by long-time broadcaster [[Foster Hewitt]].

The Arena was also used for musical concerts, gatherings, and other sporting events, including professional [[boxing]], [[cycle sport|cycling]], [[wrestling]], and [[tennis]]. In 1962, it was converted into a [[curling]] club and [[roller skating]] rink known as '''The Terrace'''. The building was demolished in 1989 and the ''Cathedral Square'' residential complex and ''Arena Gardens'' municipal park now occupy the site. It was located on Mutual Street, just south of [[Dundas Street|Dundas Street East]] and two blocks east of [[Church Street (Toronto)|Church Street]] in downtown Toronto.