It was given its current name in 1996 to honour long-time arena manager William (Bill) Allman.

The arena has undergone many renovations over the past 100 years but has been open and operational for every hockey season since 1924, making it one of the world's oldest continuously operating arenas.

It also hosts various minor hockey games and is the home arena of the Stratford Skating Club.

It hosted a Howie Morenz benefit game featuring the Montreal Canadiens in 1937 following Morenz's death, was the location of Wayne Gretkzy's first-ever minor hockey goal, hosted CBC's 'Hockey Day in Canada' in 2010, and saw many NHLers launch their NHL careers as juniors with the Cullitons, including Mark Bell, Rob Blake, Kevin Dahl, Louie DeBrusk, Greg de Vries, Boyd Devereaux, Nelson Emerson, Jeff Halpern, Rem Murray, Ed Olczyk, Mike Peluso, Chris Pronger, Garth Sno and Tim Taylor.

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