Bell Sensplex
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| Location | 1565 Maple Grove Road Ottawa, Ontario K2V 1A3 |
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| Coordinates | 45°17′51″N 75°54′33″W / 45.297442°N 75.909094°W |
| Opened | December 12, 2004 |
The Bell Sensplex is a four-pad ice facility, located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is the primary practice facility of the Ottawa Senators NHL team and Ottawa Black Bears of the NLL. In a partnership with the city of Ottawa, it is also used for minor hockey and hosts the annual Bell Capital Cup ice hockey tournament. The Sensplex is located at 1565 Maple Grove Road in the former city of Kanata.[1] It was also the home arena for the Ottawa Lady Senators of the Canadian Women's Hockey League and is the partial home arena of the Kanata Kings of the National Capital Junior Hockey League.
The Senators, in a partnership with the city of Ottawa, built the Bell Sensplex, for community and team use at a cost of CA$25.6 million. The facility contains three NHL-sized ice rinks, one Olympic-size ice rink and an indoor fieldhouse in its 180,000-square-foot (17,000 m2) building. The City of Ottawa provided $1.4 million of the cost to facilitate the construction. The Sensplex ultimately used only $800,000 of the City's funds.[2] The Sensplex opened in December 2004.[3]
