Upstairs is a fully heated lounge which overlooks the ice surface or main venue area of the stadium.

[1] The facility served as home to the Truro Bearcats of the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) from 1996 until 2013 until the team moved to the new Rath Eastlink Community Centre.

Events such as expos, model railway shows, a circus and flea markets are held often during summer months.

The arena hosted the Hockeyville NHL exhibition game between the Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators on September 25, 2006.

In 2008 Mayors from the county of Colchester and the Town of Truro signed a memorandum of understanding regarding stadium renovations and the construction of a new civic centre for the region.