page_title: Ryerson Rams
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Ryerson Rams / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: Guarding the entrance to Ryerson University
context_page_description: The Ryerson Rams are the athletic teams that represent Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
context_section_description: Until the end of the 2011-2012 season, the Rams' basketball and volleyball teams played primarily out of Kerr Hall West Gymnasium, a triple gym in Kerr Hall West. The men's hockey team also played off campus, using the ice rinks at George Bell Arena in The Junction. The men's and women's soccer teams continue to call Allan Lamport Stadium home, a field located near King Street and Dufferin Street in downtown Toronto, but most games and practices are now at Downsview Park Sports Centre.
  In November 2009, Ryerson University announced that Maple Leaf Gardens would become the new home of the Rams' athletes.  The school partnered with the Canadian Government and supermarket company Loblaws to cover funding for the project, which was estimated to cost millions of dollars. Approximately $20 million was contributed by Ryerson students, $20 million given by Federal Government and $15 million from Peter Gilligan. In addition, Loblaws, the grocery retailer, made significant financial contributions. The renovation took place over nearly three years, with the ground level hosting a Loblaws Supermarket, and the Ryerson Ram space which includes: an NHL-sized ice rink, known as Mattamy Home Ice, a 4-lane 200m running track, a fitness centre as well as a multipurpose court for basketball and volleyball called the Coca-Cola Court. BBB Architects & Stadium Consultants International has designed the new facility - the Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens - which was completed in time for the 2012-13 OUA season.
  In August 2012, Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited the newly constructed centre. He referred to the project as, "a perfect example of how a strategic infrastructure investment can create jobs, can preserve our history and can meet the need for a new facility." The facilities aside the Mattamy expansion are: squash courts, a pool, studios, and a fitness centre.
caption: Elizabeth Wyn Wood's Bas-relief of a Goaltender at Ryerson University in Toronto
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