 firstontario centre (originally copps coliseum) is a sports and entertainment arena, on the corner of bay street north and york boulevard, in hamilton, ontario, canada. depending on event, the arena has a capacity of up to 19,000. ==history== hamilton had been without a large ice hockey arena since the demolition of barton street arena in 1977, and even that arena had a relatively small seating capacity by modern standards. the arena's large capacity was in part designed to lure a [[p
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