The Edmonton Oilers play their final home game at Rexall Place on Wednesday, facing Pacific Division-rival Vancouver. Next season, the Oilers will move into Rogers Place, a state-of-the-art facility under construction in downtown Edmonton.
Originally known as Northlands Coliseum, Rexall Place opened Nov. 10, 1974, when the Oilers were in their third season in the World Hockey Association. The team joined the NHL after the NHL-WHA merger in 1979.
Rexall Place is the second-oldest building in the NHL. Only the “new” Madison Square Garden is older (opened in 1968, but renovated extensively in recent years).