About the Rock

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The National Lacrosse League’s (NLL) Toronto Rock were founded in 1999. The team’s home arena is FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, Ontario, and the Rock are owned by Jamie Dawick.

The Rock were originally founded ahead of the 1998 NLL season as the Ontario Raiders, playing at then Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. They moved to then-Maple Leaf Gardens after their inaugural season and rebranded as the Toronto Rock for 1999 and beyond. On May 11, 2021, the Rock announced the relocation of their home games from Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, the team’s home since 2001, to Hamilton’s FirstOntario Centre. The Rock will play their 2024-25 season at Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga during the Hamilton Arena Project renovation.

The NLL is the premier professional lacrosse league in the world with the best players in the sport playing an 18-game regular season schedule from December to April, culminating with a champion being crowned in May following three rounds of playoffs.

The Rock have won the NLL Championship six times (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011). The Rock have a legacy built on the backs of many NLL Hall of Fame players including Colin Doyle, Bob Watson, and Jim Veltman.

Toronto Rock Athletic Centre (TRAC)

The Toronto Rock Athletic Centre (TRAC) officially opened its doors on Saturday, December 19th. The TRAC features two NHL-sized arena floors. Both floors feature turf, with the main Blue Arena having a seating capacity for approximately 750 spectators and is the home of the Toronto Rock Lacrosse Team.

The building also houses the offices of the day-to-day business operations of the Rock. The team also has a permanent locker room with all the amenities in addition to a full service gym The Dynamic Athlete run by Rock strength and conditioning coach Sean Holmes. You can also visit the team’s retail space the Toronto Rock Lacrosse Shop and the Toronto Rock Sports Medicine and Wellness Centre.

The TRAC is capable of hosting corporate events, meetings and coaching clinics with a great deal of meeting space and other areas of the building that are flexible enough in their layout to accommodate almost any need.

While lacrosse is the main tenant in the building, the facility has been used by a myriad of other user groups including ball hockey, rugby and football. The building hosted the NLL Combine at the end of September 2012 as the first official event in the facility.

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About the National Lacrosse League

The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is the largest and most attended men’s professional box lacrosse league in the world. Founded in 1986, the NLL was first introduced as the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League and made up of just four teams including the Washington Waves, the Baltimore Thunder, the Philadelphia Wings, and the New Jersey Saints. The League is currently comprised of 15 franchises across the United States and Canada: Albany FireWolves, Buffalo Bandits, Calgary Roughnecks, Colorado Mammoth, Georgia Swarm, Halifax Thunderbirds, Las Vegas Desert Dogs, Ottawa Black Bears, Panther City (Fort Worth, TX), Philadelphia Wings, Rochester Knighthawks, San Diego Seals, Saskatchewan Rush, Toronto Rock, and Vancouver Warriors. For more information, visit NLL.com and find the NLL on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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