Claim: Home to the Portage Terriers Junior A hockey team and other minor hockey teams in the 1970s, the Portage Centennial arena, in the prairie province of Manitoba, was expanded in 1980 by adding a second indoor rink on the west side.
Evidence: The BDO Centre for the Community, more commonly known as the Portage Centennial Arena, is an indoor recreational facility and community centre in the city of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. It is one of the three prairie provinces (with Alberta and Saskatchewan) and is Canada's fifth-most populous province, with an estimated 1.377 million people. The same year, the Portage Terriers junior "A" hockey team was revived and became one of the arena's major tenants, along with the city's minor hockey teams. The Portage Centennial Arena was constructed in 1967 and was one of several projects across the country partially funded by the federal government as part of Canada's Centennial celebration. The city explored the idea of building a new sports complex to replace the Centennial Arena in the 1970s, however, this project was rejected by local residents. The city then expanded the Centennial Arena in 1980, adding a second indoor rink on the west side of the building.