Architect: Cecil Burgess
Location: Lansdowne Street behind present-day Athletic Centre
Size: 180 feet by 80 feet ice surface with seating capacity for 1600 and standing room for 900
Style: Streamline Modern
Materials: Brick and steel
Opened: 4 December 1948
Closed: Demolished 26 August 2003
The Allison Gardens ice rink opened in 1948. It was located on Lansdowne Street, behind the present Athletic Centre. It had an official seating capacity of 1,500 and included a two-storey brick wing containing a public lounge and bandstand on the upper level, and entrances, offices, washrooms, another lounge, and a snack bar on the main floor. It underwent reconstruction in 1971-1972. More offices were constructed, new automatic ice-making equipment was installed, and the ice surface was enlarged by taking away bleachers along one end. It reopened in 1973.
The building was demolished in 2003 and replaced by the Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre.
Mount Allison University Archives. Picture Collection, 2007.07/1453. May only be reproduced with permission from the Mount Allison University Archives.