The Kitchener Memorial Auditorium (also known as The Aud) is a multi-use municipally-owned facility in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. It was built in 1951 on the site of the old Queen Street Auditorium which stood from 1904 to 1948.
The Auditorium has been home to 3 hockey teams; Kitchener Canucks of the Ontario Hockey Association from 1951 to 1956, the Kitchener Dutchmen of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League since 1956 and Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League since 1963. Outside of being the home to regular season hockey it has also hosted different post season hockey events. These include the 1962, 1975, 1984 and 2008 Memorial Cups; , the 1980, 1985, 1995 Ontario Hockey League All-star games, and the 1986 IIHF World U20 Championship.
Ontop of being a hockey venue it has hosted many big names in concerts ranging the gambit of genres including Led Zeppelin, Genesis, KISS, Bob Dylan, and Hillary Duff. It has also hosted WCW Nitro, Toronto Maple Leafs training camps and NBA exhibition games.
Events[]
- WWF House Show - July 30, 1986.
- WWF House Show - July 22, 1987.
- WWF House Show - February 19, 1989.
- WWF House Show - November 21, 1989.
- WWF House Show - December 26, 1989.
- WWF House Show - June 17, 1990.
- WWF House Show - August 11, 1990.
- WCW Saturday Night - April 3, 1999.
- WCW Saturday Night - April 10, 1999.
- Nitro - September 18, 2000.
