It also served as the home of the Niagara Falls Canucks, a team in the Greater Ontario Junior B Hockey League.

Plans were for the arena to be demolished for a parking lot, due to significant repairs needed.

The arena was purchased in 2012, by Russian company V2 Niagara which converted it into a sand sculpture museum.

An urban explorer recorded significant evidence of drug use and homeless populations in the building.

[1] A few years later, the mayor of Niagara Falls expressed interest in tracking down the owners to the property, and asking them to renovate it or sell it.