(AGENPARL) – lun 27 gennaio 2025 City of Toronto Media Relations has issued the following:
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News Release
January 27, 2025
MLSE Foundation shoots and the City scores as the Prince of Wales Rink in Etobicoke gets new upgrades
Today, Mayor Olivia Chow and Deputy Mayor Amber Morley (Etobicoke-Lakeshore) joined the Toronto Maple Leafs for their annual outdoor practice. Several new upgrades to the City of Toronto’s Prince of Wales Rink were funded by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) Foundation.
Each year, MLSE Foundation hosts a Toronto Maple Leafs outdoor practice at one of the City’s 54 rinks. This year, the team headed to the Prince of Wales Park in Etobicoke for a three-day community event featuring a wide variety of activities for Torontonians including public skating, PWHL and NHL watch parties and the Toronto Maples Leafs Alumni game.
With the support of MLSE Foundation, refurbishments are already underway at the Prince of Wales Rink including repainting interior spaces, new wall-mounted composite benches in the large changeroom and new plexiglass around the rink.
The City’s partnership with organizations like MLSE Foundation has supported many projects across Toronto including the Dixon Park basketball courts Woolner Park Basketball Courts, and now the upgrades to the Prince of Wales Rink. Partnerships like this showcase the City’s commitment to enhancing recreational facilities, fostering community engagement, improving public spaces and reducing financial pressures on municipal assets.
The City is developing an Ice Facilities Strategy, a long-term plan to maximize use and guide future investment in both indoor and outdoor ice facilities where residents skate, play hockey, curl and more. Learn more at https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/construction-new-facilities/parks-facility-plans-strategies/ice-facilities-strategy/
Quotes:
“It was great to be at the Maple Leafs outdoor practice today! Thank you to the MLSE Foundation for 20 years of partnership and improving Toronto’s outdoor rinks. Outdoor rinks provide a fantastic place for families and kids to skate and learn to play hockey. Go Leafs Go!”
– Mayor Olivia Chow
“I would like to thank MLSE Foundation for helping update the Prince of Wales Rink. Outdoor rinks and recreation spaces are critical spaces for community connections and are such a valuable part of Etobicoke-Lakeshore and our entire City.”
– Deputy Mayor Amber Morley (Etobicoke-Lakeshore)